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authormdf <mdf@FreeBSD.org>2010-09-09 16:27:02 +0000
committermdf <mdf@FreeBSD.org>2010-09-09 16:27:02 +0000
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Fix small errors in the sbuf(9) man page.
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/sbuf.913
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/sbuf.9 b/share/man/man9/sbuf.9
index 58efce0..abe5831 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/sbuf.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/sbuf.9
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
The
.Nm
family of functions allows one to safely allocate, construct and
-release bounded null-terminated strings in kernel space.
+release bounded NUL-terminated strings in kernel space.
Instead of arrays of characters, these functions operate on structures
called
.Fa sbufs ,
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ overflowed.
.Pp
The
.Fn sbuf_finish
-function null-terminates the
+function NUL-terminates the
.Fa sbuf
and marks it as finished, which means that it may no longer be
modified using
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ modified using
.Fn sbuf_cpy ,
.Fn sbuf_printf
or
-.Fn sbuf_putc .
+.Fn sbuf_putc ,
+until
+.Fn sbuf_clear
+is used to reset the sbuf.
.Pp
The
.Fn sbuf_data
@@ -309,7 +312,9 @@ functions return the actual string and its length, respectively;
only works on a finished
.Fa sbuf .
.Fn sbuf_done
-returns non-zero if the sbuf is finished.
+returns non-zero if the
+.Fa sbuf
+is finished.
.Sh NOTES
If an operation caused an
.Fa sbuf
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