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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/basename.3')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 index 51a90e404746..3bbddd9233e2 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 @@ -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 the pathname pointed to by 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 , |