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| author | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-21 19:31:53 +0000 |
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| committer | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-21 19:31:53 +0000 |
| commit | 11947dbc7d661668935fadba4b8535c0aaf46172 (patch) | |
| tree | 5bdad201a334c9f3be0c87ad60265f2de32687fb /usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1 | |
| parent | bb9ee8e09f8c8bca307cf1ea68aef76f3a7ab1ed (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-11947dbc7d661668935fadba4b8535c0aaf46172.zip FreeBSD-src-11947dbc7d661668935fadba4b8535c0aaf46172.tar.gz | |
Destroy the evidence of my misunderstanding of the specification.
Also fix up the phrasing in the man page a bit.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1 | 19 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1 b/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1 index 1e3d2e5..e370d40 100644 --- a/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1 +++ b/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1 @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility outputs the value of +utility prints the value of a .Tn POSIX or .Tn X/Open -system or path configuration variable on the standard output. +system or path configuration variable to the standard output. If the specified variable is undefined, the string .Dq Li undefined is output. @@ -142,20 +142,5 @@ The .Nm command first appeared in .Fx 5.0 . -.Sh BUGS -The original -.Tn X/Open -specification erroneously requires the return values of -.Xr pathconf 2 -and -.Xr sysconf 3 -to be printed using the -.Xr printf 3 -format specifier -.Li \&"%d" . -We ignore that aspect of the specification and use the -correct -.Li \&"%ld" -format. .Sh AUTHORS .An Garrett A. Wollman Aq wollman@lcs.mit.edu |
