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diff --git a/man3/mblen.3 b/man3/mblen.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 6946b00..0000000 --- a/man3/mblen.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,117 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later -.\" -.\" References consulted: -.\" GNU glibc-2 source code and manual -.\" Dinkumware C library reference http://www.dinkumware.com/ -.\" OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html -.\" ISO/IEC 9899:1999 -.\" -.TH mblen 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -mblen \- determine number of bytes in next multibyte character -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <stdlib.h> -.P -.BI "int mblen(const char " s [. n "], size_t " n ); -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -If -.I s -is not NULL, the -.BR mblen () -function inspects at most -.I n -bytes of the multibyte string starting at -.I s -and extracts the -next complete multibyte character. -It uses a static anonymous shift state known only to the -.BR mblen () -function. -If the multibyte character is not the null wide -character, it returns the number of bytes that were consumed from -.IR s . -If the multibyte character is the null wide character, it returns 0. -.P -If the -.I n -bytes starting at -.I s -do not contain a complete multibyte -character, -.BR mblen () -returns \-1. -This can happen even if -.I n -is greater than or equal to -.IR MB_CUR_MAX , -if the multibyte string contains redundant shift sequences. -.P -If the multibyte string starting at -.I s -contains an invalid multibyte -sequence before the next complete character, -.BR mblen () -also returns \-1. -.P -If -.I s -is NULL, the -.BR mblen () -function -.\" The Dinkumware doc and the Single UNIX specification say this, but -.\" glibc doesn't implement this. -resets the shift state, known to only this function, to the initial state, and -returns nonzero if the encoding has nontrivial shift state, or zero if the -encoding is stateless. -.SH RETURN VALUE -The -.BR mblen () -function returns the number of -bytes parsed from the multibyte -sequence starting at -.IR s , -if a non-null wide character was recognized. -It returns 0, if a null wide character was recognized. -It returns \-1, if an -invalid multibyte sequence was encountered or if it couldn't parse a complete -multibyte character. -.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 mblen () -T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race -.TE -.SH VERSIONS -The function -.BR mbrlen (3) -provides a better interface to the same -functionality. -.SH STANDARDS -C11, POSIX.1-2008. -.SH HISTORY -POSIX.1-2001, C99. -.SH NOTES -The behavior of -.BR mblen () -depends on the -.B LC_CTYPE -category of the -current locale. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR mbrlen (3) |