Module Name: src
Committed By: dholland
Date: Sat May 21 19:06:44 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/gen: getprogname.3
Log Message:
Clarify paragraph about calling setprogname, requested by Tobias Ulmer on
freenode. Bump date.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 src/lib/libc/gen/getprogname.3
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/gen/getprogname.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/gen/getprogname.3:1.7 src/lib/libc/gen/getprogname.3:1.8
--- src/lib/libc/gen/getprogname.3:1.7 Sat Mar 29 16:51:40 2008
+++ src/lib/libc/gen/getprogname.3 Sat May 21 19:06:44 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: getprogname.3,v 1.7 2008/03/29 16:51:40 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: getprogname.3,v 1.8 2011/05/21 19:06:44 dholland Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Christopher G. Demetriou
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>>
.\"
-.Dd March 29, 2008
+.Dd May 21, 2011
.Dt GETPROGNAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -87,18 +87,19 @@
.Nx ,
calling
.Fn setprogname
+explicitly has no effect.
+However, portable programs that wish to use
+.Fn getprogname
+should call
+.Fn setprogname
from
-.Fn main
-has no effect.
-However, it does serve to increase the portability of the program:
-on other operating systems,
+.Fn main .
+On operating systems where
.Fn getprogname
and
.Fn setprogname
-may be implemented by a portability library, and a call to
-.Fn setprogname
-allows that library to know the program name without
-modifications to that system's program start-up code.
+are implemented via a portability library, this call is needed to
+make the name available.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr err 3 ,
.Xr setproctitle 3
