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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-09-08 14:05:03 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-09-08 14:05:03 +0000 |
commit | 72bebbd5968d80256e977d3c6c6644a0e6ce50a8 (patch) | |
tree | 12fadef9788fa4c6929861a649e30c48e3a5ad70 | |
parent | 271e1a38791824da57527f2e960cbdf174835222 (diff) | |
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Document that bits are numbered from 1 in the %b format argument.
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/printf.9 b/share/man/man9/printf.9 index 7dfd69f..571e7e6 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/printf.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/printf.9 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 10, 2004 +.Dd September 8, 2006 .Dt PRINTF 9 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The base value is the output base expressed as an integer value; for example, \e10 gives octal and \e20 gives hexadecimal. The arguments are made up of a sequence of bit identifiers. Each bit identifier begins with an integer value which is the number of the -bit this identifier describes. +bit (starting from 1) this identifier describes. The rest of the identifier is a string of characters containing the name of the bit. The string is terminated by either the bit number at the start of the next @@ -140,7 +140,11 @@ and the .Fn uprintf functions return the number of characters displayed. .Sh EXAMPLES -This example demonstrates the use of the \&%b and \&%D conversion specifiers. +This example demonstrates the use of the +.Cm \&%b +and +.Cm \&%D +conversion specifiers. The function .Bd -literal -offset indent void |