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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-08-26 10:38:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-08-26 10:43:45 +0200 |
| commit | 30a264ba19366e08f29a8456a54d193435bf9168 (patch) | |
| tree | d7eb3a5fe6afbc349d6d0fb07c2c78988f04c519 /man3/trunc.3 | |
| parent | 35646edbad651411235f3ab871ec8c865cef273a (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-30a264ba19366e08f29a8456a54d193435bf9168.tar.gz | |
trunc.3: Make the description a little clearer
The double negative is a little confusing, but required. But try
to make the semantics a little clearer in the wording (which is
now closer to the wording in the C standard).
Reported-by: Eric Benton <erbenton@comcast.net>
Reported-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/trunc.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/trunc.3 | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/trunc.3 b/man3/trunc.3 index c1f5210f20..a90e8edc8b 100644 --- a/man3/trunc.3 +++ b/man3/trunc.3 @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L .SH DESCRIPTION These functions round .I x -to the nearest integer -not larger in absolute value. +to the nearest integer value that is not larger in magnitude than +.IR x . .SH RETURN VALUE These functions return the rounded integer value, in floating format. .PP |