Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2015-01-16

Re: [patch 7/7] getmntent.3: wfix

From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2015-01-16 05:59:54

On 01/16/2015 04:18 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE*
instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something
and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly
and understand what they are looking at.
Thanks, Carlos. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


quoted hunk
Patch against master.
diff --git a/man3/getmntent.3 b/man3/getmntent.3
index 02759a2..8540bc5 100644
--- a/man3/getmntent.3
+++ b/man3/getmntent.3
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ getmntent_r \- get filesystem descriptor file entry
 .sp
 .BI "FILE *setmntent(const char *" filename ", const char *" type );
 .sp
-.BI "struct mntent *getmntent(FILE *" fp );
+.BI "struct mntent *getmntent(FILE *" stream );
 .sp
-.BI "int addmntent(FILE *" fp ", const struct mntent *" mnt );
+.BI "int addmntent(FILE *" stream ", const struct mntent *" mnt );
 .sp
-.BI "int endmntent(FILE *" fp );
+.BI "int endmntent(FILE *" streamp );
 .sp
 .BI "char *hasmntopt(const struct mntent *" mnt ", const char *" opt );
 .sp
 /* GNU extension */
 .B #include <mntent.h>
 .sp
-.BI "struct mntent *getmntent_r(FILE *" fp ", struct mntent *" mntbuf ,
+.BI "struct mntent *getmntent_r(FILE *" streamp ", struct mntent *" mntbuf ,
 .BI "                           char *" buf ", int " buflen );
 .fi
 .sp
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ argument of
 .PP
 The
 .BR getmntent ()
-function reads the next line from the filesystem
-description file
-.I fp
+function reads the next line of the filesystem
+description file from
+.I stream
 and returns a pointer to a structure
 containing the broken out fields from a line in the file.
 The pointer
@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@ function adds the
 structure
 .I mnt
 to
-the end of the open file
-.IR fp .
+the end of the open
+.IR stream .
 .PP
 The
 .BR endmntent ()
-function closes the filesystem description file
-.IR fp .
+function closes the
+.IR stream
+associated with the filesystem description file.
 .PP
 The
 .BR hasmntopt ()
---
Cheers,
Carlos.

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