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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
commit | 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 (patch) | |
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parent | Adding debian version 6.7-2. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man3/asprintf.3 b/man3/asprintf.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 40b687b..0000000 --- a/man3/asprintf.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" Text fragments inspired by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>. -.\" -.TH asprintf 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -asprintf, vasprintf \- print to allocated string -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" -.B #include <stdio.h> -.P -.BI "int asprintf(char **restrict " strp ", const char *restrict " fmt ", ...);" -.BI "int vasprintf(char **restrict " strp ", const char *restrict " fmt , -.BI " va_list " ap ); -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -The functions -.BR asprintf () -and -.BR vasprintf () -are analogs of -.BR sprintf (3) -and -.BR vsprintf (3), -except that they allocate a string large enough to hold the output -including the terminating null byte (\[aq]\e0\[aq]), -and return a pointer to it via the first argument. -This pointer should be passed to -.BR free (3) -to release the allocated storage when it is no longer needed. -.SH RETURN VALUE -When successful, these functions return the number of bytes printed, -just like -.BR sprintf (3). -If memory allocation wasn't possible, or some other error occurs, -these functions will return \-1, and the contents of -.I strp -are undefined. -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR asprintf (), -.BR vasprintf () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale -.TE -.SH VERSIONS -The FreeBSD implementation sets -.I strp -to NULL on error. -.SH STANDARDS -GNU, BSD. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR free (3), -.BR malloc (3), -.BR printf (3) |