git: fd9ce8745f64 - stable/13 - printf(9): clarify the description of %b
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Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:57:57 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by mhorne: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=fd9ce8745f643e718014ca301e63c07bad1595d9 commit fd9ce8745f643e718014ca301e63c07bad1595d9 Author: Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-04-25 20:26:36 +0000 Commit: Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-06-09 18:14:58 +0000 printf(9): clarify the description of %b The bit values are numbers given in octal representation, not decimal, as one might assume from the description. Same goes for the base, although this has an example. Reviewed by: emaste MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39815 (cherry picked from commit 82bc33d5ad2e00179ea7026c496a35b00550da15) --- share/man/man9/printf.9 | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man9/printf.9 b/share/man/man9/printf.9 index 33347fb135ca..631701e455cf 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/printf.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/printf.9 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 14, 2023 +.Dd April 25, 2023 .Dt PRINTF 9 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -94,11 +94,13 @@ and a These are used as a register value and a print mask for decoding bitmasks. The print mask is made up of two parts: the base and the arguments. -The base value is the output base expressed as an integer value; +The base value is the output base (radix) expressed as an octal value; for example, \e10 gives octal and \e20 gives hexadecimal. The arguments are made up of a sequence of bit identifiers. -Each bit identifier begins with an integer value which is the number of the -bit (starting from 1) this identifier describes. +Each bit identifier begins with an +.Em octal +value which is the number of the bit (starting from 1) this identifier +describes. The rest of the identifier is a string of characters containing the name of the bit. The string is terminated by either the bit number at the start of the next