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Re: error in manpage recvfrom


From: Andreas Jaeger
Subject: Re: error in manpage recvfrom
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:27:15 +0200
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Marshal <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden wrote:
>
>> Yes, the man page has the correct prototype, except for the fact
>> that up to now no man page mentions the restrict keyword.
>> Andries
>>
>
> Oke sorry, btw, there is also a small error in getpass.
>
> ----
> RETURN VALUE
>         The function getpass returns a pointer to a static buffer
>         containing the (first PASS_MAX bytes of) the password
>         without  the  trailing  newline,  terminated by a NUL.  This
>         buffer may be overwritten by a following call.  On
>         error, the terminal state is restored, errno is set
>         appropriately, and NULL is returned.
>
> ERRORS
> ----
>
> see the 'NUL' ? Perhaps this is also already changed. if so then sorry.
> I believe i currently have version 1.5h of manpages.

What's wrong with the NUL?  NUL means the character '\0' and is
different from the NULL pointer.

The page looks correct to me,
Andreas
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