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author | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-07-25 18:31:08 +0000 |
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committer | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-07-25 18:31:08 +0000 |
commit | 712b493c142cbbf4ea8b44378395cdd408d556a0 (patch) | |
tree | fc1e84bd0be70da6eb5b7d977bb283f9e0047019 /lib | |
parent | ce6b6b7927e8ac98af960ca87faaf06fb7132dff (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-712b493c142cbbf4ea8b44378395cdd408d556a0.zip FreeBSD-src-712b493c142cbbf4ea8b44378395cdd408d556a0.tar.gz |
Refer to the ASCII character 000 by its proper name, `NUL', and not
`NULL' (which should only be used in reference to null pointers). Also
fix a cross-reference.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/vis.3 | 23 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/vis.3 b/lib/libc/gen/vis.3 index ee77b72..c10d432 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/vis.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/vis.3 @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" @(#)vis.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" From: @(#)vis.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" $Id$ .\" -.Dd June 9, 1993 +.Dd July 25, 1996 .Dt VIS 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -59,11 +60,11 @@ needs no encoding, it is copied in unaltered. The string is null terminated, and a pointer to the end of the string is returned. The maximum length of any encoding is four characters (not including the trailing -.Dv NULL ) ; +.Dv NUL ) ; thus, when encoding a set of characters into a buffer, the size of the buffer should be four times the number of characters encoded, plus one for the trailing -.Dv NULL . +.Dv NUL . The flag parameter is used for altering the default range of characters considered for encoding and for altering the visual representation. @@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ function encodes characters from .Fa src up to the first -.Dv NULL . +.Dv NUL . The .Fn strvisx function encodes exactly @@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ characters from .Fa src (this is useful for encoding a block of data that may contain -.Dv NULL Ns 's). +.Dv NUL Ns 's). Both forms -.Dv NULL +.Dv NUL terminate .Fa dst . The size of @@ -108,11 +109,11 @@ must be four times the number of characters encoded from .Fa src (plus one for the -.Dv NULL ) . +.Dv NUL ) . Both forms return the number of characters in dst (not including the trailing -.Dv NULL ) . +.Dv NUL ) . .Pp The encoding is a unique, invertible representation comprised entirely of graphic characters; it can be decoded back into the original form using @@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ The following sequences are used to represent the indicated characters: .Pp When using this format, the nextc parameter is looked at to determine if a -.Dv NULL +.Dv NUL character can be encoded as .Ql \e0 instead of @@ -256,8 +257,8 @@ With this flag set, the encoding is ambiguous and non-invertible. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr unvis 1 , +.Xr strunvis 3 , .Xr unvis 3 -.Xr strunvis 3 .Sh HISTORY These functions first appeared in 4.4BSD. |