Bug 141125

Summary: [patch] Typo of "NUL" in getline.3 man page
Product: Documentation Reporter: Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Ulrich Spörlein <uqs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
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Description Jeremy Huddleston 2009-12-02 23:10:01 UTC 
"NUL" was written where it should've been "NULL" in getline.3
Comment 1 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2009-12-03 07:33:32 UTC 
Hi Jeremy,

I don't feel this change is needed.  NUL is the common name for \0,
as written in every ASCII table.  Maybe "NUL character" would be clearer
though.

- Christian

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Comment 2 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-01-08 21:51:41 UTC 
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From-To: open->patched

Matteo committed the change I suggested in r200600.  Thanks for the submission!
Comment 3 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-01-08 21:51:41 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->matteo

Matteo, could you also handle the MFC?
Comment 4 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-06-19 05:48:22 UTC 
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From-To: matteo->freebsd-bugs

Reset PR assigned to inactive committer. 

Hat:	gnats-admin
Comment 5 Bruce Cran freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-06-19 19:04:32 UTC 
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From-To: freebsd-bugs->brucec

Take.
Comment 6 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-06-19 19:38:22 UTC 
Author: uqs
Date: Sat Jun 19 18:38:03 2010
New Revision: 209349
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/209349

Log:
  MFH r200600: Clarify what's meant by NUL for getline.3
  
  PR:		docs/141125
  Submitted by:	Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu@apple.com>

Modified:
  stable/8/lib/libc/stdio/getline.3
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/lib/libc/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/lib/libc/stdio/getline.3
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/lib/libc/stdio/getline.3	Sat Jun 19 18:13:31 2010	(r209348)
+++ stable/8/lib/libc/stdio/getline.3	Sat Jun 19 18:38:03 2010	(r209349)
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ and
 .Fn getline
 functions return the number of characters written, excluding the
 terminating
-.Dv NUL .
+.Dv NUL 
+character.
 The value \-1 is returned if an error occurs, or if end-of-file is reached.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following code fragment reads lines from a file and
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Comment 7 Bruce Cran freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-09-11 09:37:53 UTC 
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From-To: brucec->uqs

MFC reminder.
Comment 8 Ulrich Spörlein freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-09-11 17:23:02 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: patched->closed

Already MFCed, closing. Thanks for the submission!