* [PATCH] printf.3: Return the number of bytes printed, not characters
@ 2024-03-15 1:07 Jeremy Baxter
2024-03-15 23:34 ` Alejandro Colomar
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From: Jeremy Baxter @ 2024-03-15 1:07 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: linux-man, quirin.blaeser
From https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html:
Upon successful completion, the dprintf(), fprintf(), and printf()
functions shall return the number of bytes transmitted.
Fixes bug 218600 <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218600>.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Baxter <jtbx@disroot.org>
---
man3/printf.3 | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
index eb152aa19..15ed75439 100644
--- a/man3/printf.3
+++ b/man3/printf.3
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ No argument is converted.
The complete conversion
specification is \[aq]%%\[aq].
.SH RETURN VALUE
-Upon successful return, these functions return the number of characters
+Upon successful return, these functions return the number of bytes
printed (excluding the null byte used to end output to strings).
.P
The functions
--
2.44.0
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* Re: [PATCH] printf.3: Return the number of bytes printed, not characters
2024-03-15 1:07 [PATCH] printf.3: Return the number of bytes printed, not characters Jeremy Baxter
@ 2024-03-15 23:34 ` Alejandro Colomar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2024-03-15 23:34 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Jeremy Baxter; +Cc: linux-man, quirin.blaeser
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Hi Jeremy,
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 02:07:14PM +1300, Jeremy Baxter wrote:
> From https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html:
>
> Upon successful completion, the dprintf(), fprintf(), and printf()
> functions shall return the number of bytes transmitted.
>
> Fixes bug 218600 <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218600>.
>
Reported-by: <quirin.blaeser@freenet.de>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Baxter <jtbx@disroot.org>
Patch applied; thanks.
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=e0fc7ee5e3d664c83bd0f4fc751ef80cf38ae1bc>
Have a lovely night!
Alex
> ---
> man3/printf.3 | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
> index eb152aa19..15ed75439 100644
> --- a/man3/printf.3
> +++ b/man3/printf.3
> @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ No argument is converted.
> The complete conversion
> specification is \[aq]%%\[aq].
> .SH RETURN VALUE
> -Upon successful return, these functions return the number of characters
> +Upon successful return, these functions return the number of bytes
> printed (excluding the null byte used to end output to strings).
> .P
> The functions
> --
> 2.44.0
>
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<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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