utmpname(3) returns int instead of void
PATCH 1/1 utmpname(3) returns int instead of void
As pointed by Halesh S, utmpname(3) should return int, just like what it is in glibc's source code.
Signed-off-by WANG Cong <[email protected]>
Cc Halesh S <[email protected]>
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man3/getutent.3 +5 -1
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, .br .B void endutent(void); .sp -.BI "void utmpname(const char *" file ); +.BI "int utmpname(const char *" file ); .SH DESCRIPTION .BR utmpname () sets the name of the utmp-format file for the other utmp
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ and return a pointer to a \fIstruct utmp\fP on success, and NULL on failure. This \fIstruct utmp\fP is allocated in static storage, and may be overwritten by subsequent calls. +.br +.BR utmpname() +returns a value of 0 if the new name was successfully stored, and a +value of -1 to indicate an error. .SH FILES /var/run/utmp database of currently logged-in users .br
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Quoted 6 lines · WANG Cong
As pointed by Halesh S, utmpname(3) should return int, just like what it is in glibc's source code.
Signed-off-by WANG Cong <[email protected]>Cc Halesh S <[email protected]>
Thnks! Applied for man-pages-3.02.
Cheers,
Michael
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Index: man-pages-3.01/man3/getutent.3
===================================================================man3/getutent.3 +5
-1@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, .br .B void endutent(void); .sp -.BI "void utmpname(const char *" file ); +.BI "int utmpname(const char *" file ); .SH DESCRIPTION .BR utmpname () sets the name of the utmp-format file for the other utmp@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ and return a pointer to a \fIstruct utmp\fP on success, and NULL on failure. This \fIstruct utmp\fP is allocated in static storage, and may be overwritten by subsequent calls. +.br +.BR utmpname() +returns a value of 0 if the new name was successfully stored, and a +value of -1 to indicate an error. .SH FILES /var/run/utmp database of currently logged-in users .br
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