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Diffstat (limited to 'newtzset.3')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/newtzset.3 b/newtzset.3 index db6bfa7fa64c..028cfd2563e3 100644 --- a/newtzset.3 +++ b/newtzset.3 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tzset \- initialize time conversion information .PP .B void tzset(void); .PP -/\(** Optional and obsolescent: \(**/ +/* Optional and obsolescent: */ .br .B extern char *tzname[]; .br @@ -78,7 +78,17 @@ contents are used as a pathname, a pathname beginning with is used as-is; otherwise the pathname is relative to a system time conversion information directory. -The file must be in the format specified in +In a privileged program the pathname must be relative. +Relative pathnames must not contain +.q "..\&" +components. +For the purpose of these checks, a file name beginning with +.q "/" +is considered to be relative if it is the +.B localtime +file's name, or if it starts with the +system timezone directory's name followed by one more more slashes. +The file must be a regular file in the format specified in .BR tzfile (5). .PP When @@ -369,6 +379,10 @@ If successful, the function returns a nonnull pointer to the newly allocated object. Otherwise, it returns a null pointer and sets .IR errno . +The +.B tzfree +function does not modify +.IR errno . .SH ERRORS .TP .B EOVERFLOW |