svn commit: r318698 - head/lib/libc/gen
Ngie Cooper
ngie at FreeBSD.org
Tue May 23 06:53:32 UTC 2017
Author: ngie
Date: Tue May 23 06:53:31 2017
New Revision: 318698
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318698
Log:
basename(3): fix section ordering
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES come before RETURN VALUES
MFC after: 2 weeks
Reported by: make manlint
Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon
Modified:
head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 Tue May 23 06:20:24 2017 (r318697)
+++ head/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 Tue May 23 06:53:31 2017 (r318698)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd October 29, 2016
+.Dd May 22, 2017
.Dt BASENAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ function returns the last component from
deleting any trailing
.Sq \&/
characters.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+This implementation of
+.Fn basename
+uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname
+component.
+Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage
+space instead.
+The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures thread-safety,
+while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of the
+pathname.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If
.Fa path
@@ -50,16 +60,6 @@ is returned.
Otherwise,
it returns a pointer to the last component of
.Fa path .
-.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
-This implementation of
-.Fn basename
-uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname
-component.
-Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage
-space instead.
-The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures thread-safety,
-while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of the
-pathname.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr basename 1 ,
.Xr dirname 1 ,
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