Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Sat May 2 09:37:33 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/string: strcpy.3
Log Message:
Improve formatting and punctuation for "NUL-terminate".
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.19 -r1.20 src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3:1.19 src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3:1.20
--- src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3:1.19 Sat May 2 09:31:08 2009
+++ src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 Sat May 2 09:37:32 2009
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)strcpy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $NetBSD: strcpy.3,v 1.19 2009/05/02 09:31:08 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: strcpy.3,v 1.20 2009/05/02 09:37:32 wiz Exp $
.\"
.Dd May 1, 2009
.Dt STRCPY 3
@@ -140,15 +140,13 @@
.Pp
Note that it does
.Em not
-.Tn NUL
-terminate
+.Dv NUL Ns No -terminate
.Va chararray
because the length of the source string is greater than or equal
to the length parameter.
.Fn strncpy
.Em only
-.Tn NUL
-terminates
+.Dv NUL Ns No -terminates
the destination string when the length of the source
string is less than the length parameter.
.Pp
@@ -157,15 +155,15 @@
to
.Va buf
as will fit and
-.Tn NUL
-terminates the result.
+.Dv NUL Ns No -terminates
+the result.
Because
.Fn strncpy
does
.Em not
guarantee to
-.Tn NUL
-terminate the string itself, this must be done explicitly.
+.Dv NUL Ns No -terminate
+the string itself, this must be done explicitly.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
char buf[1024];
