Module Name: src
Committed By: rillig
Date: Sun Apr 28 22:57:16 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/gen: time.3
Log Message:
time.3: clarify that *tloc is always set if tloc != NULL
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.16 -r1.17 src/lib/libc/gen/time.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/gen/time.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/gen/time.3:1.16 src/lib/libc/gen/time.3:1.17
--- src/lib/libc/gen/time.3:1.16 Sat Nov 5 18:17:29 2011
+++ src/lib/libc/gen/time.3 Sun Apr 28 22:57:16 2024
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: time.3,v 1.16 2011/11/05 18:17:29 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: time.3,v 1.17 2024/04/28 22:57:16 rillig Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)time.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
-.Dd November 5, 2011
+.Dd April 29, 2024
.Dt TIME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -52,21 +52,17 @@ function
returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0 minutes,
0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
.Pp
-A copy of the time value may be saved to the area indicated by the
-pointer
-.Fa tloc .
If
.Fa tloc
-is a
-.Dv NULL
-pointer, no value is stored.
+is not a null pointer, a copy of the time value is saved in
+.Fa *tloc .
.Pp
Upon successful completion,
.Fn time
returns the value of time.
Otherwise a value of
.Po
-.Po Fa time_t Pc \-1
+.Po Fa time_t Pc Ns \-1
.Pc
is returned and the global variable
.Va errno
