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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-04-25 08:10:45 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-04-25 08:10:45 +0000
commit3b37fc9c1875d2f6cc8166dc5836b26e6c824feb (patch)
tree313122ceceda93f99f6506e34e2500c5cbf61e12 /lib
parent24935099703f921719a07d7cbad9930fcb8c683d (diff)
correct first paragraph of description; jpo@EasternGraphics.com
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/time/strptime.310
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/time/strptime.3 b/lib/libc/time/strptime.3
index f8e24cf67e4..4e09c898e58 100644
--- a/lib/libc/time/strptime.3
+++ b/lib/libc/time/strptime.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: strptime.3,v 1.3 1998/04/25 08:08:24 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: strptime.3,v 1.4 1998/04/25 08:10:44 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ using the format specified by
.Pp
The
.Fa format
-string consists of zero or more conversion specifications and ordinary
-characters. All ordinary characters are copied directly into the
-buffer. A conversion specification consists of a percent sign `%'
+string consists of zero or more directives. A directive is composed
+of either one or more white-space as defined by
+.Fn isspace ,
+an ordinary character (neither `%' nor a white-space), or a conversion
+specification. A conversion specification consists of a percent sign `%'
followed by one or two conversion characters which specify the
replacement required. There must be white-space or other
non-alphanumeric characters between any two conversion specifications.