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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 14:11:46 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 14:11:46 +0000
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@@ -49,21 +49,26 @@
.Fn ascftime "char *s" "const char *format" "const struct tm *tmptr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
-The cftime and ascftime functions are made obsolete by strftime(3).
+The
+.Fn cftime
+and
+.Fn ascftime
+functions are made obsolete by
+.Xr strftime 3 .
They are available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
.Ef
.Pp
Use of the functions
-.Nm cftime
+.Fn cftime
and
-.Nm ascftime
+.Fn ascftime
is strongly deprecated, since there is no way to check for a buffer
overflow condition.
Use
.Xr strftime 3
instead.
-.Nm Ascftime
+.Fn Ascftime
is almost identical with
.Xr strftime 3 ,
with the only exception there's no parameter to tell about the
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ if a
.Em NULL
pointer is given.
-.Nm Cftime
+.Fn Cftime
does the same job, but it first invokes
.Xr localtime 3
in order to convert the given
@@ -86,9 +91,9 @@ argument.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
-.Nm cftime
+.Fn cftime
and
-.Nm ascftime
+.Fn ascftime
functions return the number of characters written to the output
buffer
.Fa s ,