Messages in this thread | | | From | "Charlie Gordon" <> | Subject | PROBLEM: documentation error in man page for ptsname(3) | Date | Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:45:56 +0200 |
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The prototype for ptsname_r is incorrect. It reads:
char *ptsname_r(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen);
The actual prototype for this function in glibc stdlib.h is
extern int ptsname_r (int __fd, char *__buf, size_t __buflen);
This is very confusing as the test for an error is exactly the opposite ;-)
The manual page is dated 2004-12-17, but seems current as part of release 2.79. The bug is present in the online version at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/ptsname.3.html .
THX
-- Charles Gordon (chqrlie)
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