Re: [patch] error.3: change perror(errnum) to strerror(errnum) in description
From: Michael Kerrisk <hidden>
Date: 2010-08-29 05:08:46
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2010-08-19 · [patch] error.3: change perror(errnum) to strerror(errnum) in description · Linus Nilsson <hidden>
Hello Linus, On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Linus Nilsson [off-list ref] wrote:
This patch changes perror to strerror, as strerror is the one that takes an error code. The patch also adds a \fP after the underlining of "errnum", so the text following it is no longer underlined.
Thanks. Applied for man-pages-3.26. Cheers, Michael
quoted hunk
The patch applies to current git.--- a/man3/error.3 +++ b/man3/error.3@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ the program name, a colon and a space, the messagespecified by the .BR printf (3)-style format string \fIformat\fP, and, if \fIerrnum\fP is nonzero, a second colon and a space followed by the string given by -\fBperror(\fIerrnum\fB)\fP. +\fBstrerror(\fP\fIerrnum\fP\fB)\fP. Any arguments required for .I format should follow
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