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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libcompat/4.1/cftime.3')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libcompat/4.1/cftime.3 b/lib/libcompat/4.1/cftime.3 index 17cdbed572f8..35505bf28656 100644 --- a/lib/libcompat/4.1/cftime.3 +++ b/lib/libcompat/4.1/cftime.3 @@ -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 , |