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| -rw-r--r-- | man3/basename.3 | 6 |
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diff --git a/man3/basename.3 b/man3/basename.3 index 2deb5cc332..1032378e76 100644 --- a/man3/basename.3 +++ b/man3/basename.3 @@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ and .BR basename () may modify the contents of .IR path , -so copies should be passed to these functions. +so a copy should be passed when calling one of these functions. +(Because either function may return a pointer to some part of +.IR path , +the copy should not be freed until the pointer returned by +the function is no longer required.) Furthermore, .BR dirname () and |