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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 b/lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 index 4c85b30..bc38fd3 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/setmode.3 @@ -81,10 +81,19 @@ is to modify future file modes correctly. .Pp If the mode passed to .Fn setmode -is invalid, +is invalid or if memory cannot be allocated for the return value, .Fn setmode returns .Dv NULL . +.Pp +The value returned from +.Fn setmode +is obtained from +.Fn malloc +and should be returned to the system with +.Fn free +when the program is done with it, generally after a call to +.Fn getmode . .Sh ERRORS The .Fn setmode |
