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| author | Robert Nordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-29 21:59:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Robert Nordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-29 21:59:38 +0000 |
| commit | 94cc9718114cc3d058300cd9d5214ab62d51ad1e (patch) | |
| tree | 353bd037581a822d1a8d6954f17d7e716f27adba /lib/libc/string | |
| parent | b4be89561bcc0427aa88f5552b851192b579bf27 (diff) | |
Clarify processing of the string argument by perror().
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=40734
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/string')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/string/strerror.3 | 13 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 index 67c22db97f80..498eba0af7ec 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 @@ -80,16 +80,13 @@ standard error file descriptor. If the argument .Fa string is -.Pf non- Dv NULL , -it is prepended to the message +.Pf non- Dv NULL +or points to the null character, +this string is prepended to the message string and separated from it by a colon and space -.Pq Ql \&:\ \& . -If -.Fa string -is -.Dv NULL , -only the error message string is printed. +.Pq Ql \&:\ \& ; +otherwise, only the error message string is printed. .Pp If .Fa errnum |