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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-12-30 20:53:19 +1300
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2014-01-02 11:49:15 +1300
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parentb0e6462a0bedf1e291656bbd20ba74105f7adfbe (diff)
downloadman-pages-aefd6f899dfa38ccb324cb8096fb6709eb4754db.tar.gz
select_tut.2, dlopen.3, err.3, printf.3: Stylistic changes to code example
For ease of reading, don't embed assignments inside if(). Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/err.3')
-rw-r--r--man3/err.314
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man3/err.3 b/man3/err.3
index 0f4e07dca8..783d60aa7a 100644
--- a/man3/err.3
+++ b/man3/err.3
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.\"
.\" 2011-09-10, mtk, Converted from mdoc to man macros
.\"
-.TH ERR 3 2012-03-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ERR 3 2013-12-30 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
err, verr, errx, verrx, warn, vwarn, warnx, vwarnx \- formatted error messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ information string and exit:
.in +4n
.nf
-if ((p = malloc(size)) == NULL)
+p = malloc(size);
+if (p == NULL)
err(1, NULL);
-if ((fd = open(file_name, O_RDONLY, 0)) == \-1)
+fd = open(file_name, O_RDONLY, 0);
+if (fd == \-1)
err(1, "%s", file_name);
.fi
.in
@@ -142,10 +144,12 @@ Warn of an error:
.in +4n
.nf
-if ((fd = open(raw_device, O_RDONLY, 0)) == \-1)
+fd = open(raw_device, O_RDONLY, 0);
+if (fd == \-1)
warnx("%s: %s: trying the block device",
raw_device, strerror(errno));
-if ((fd = open(block_device, O_RDONLY, 0)) == \-1)
+fd = open(block_device, O_RDONLY, 0);
+if (fd == \-1)
err(1, "%s", block_device);
.fi
.in