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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/readdir_r.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/readdir_r.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man3/readdir_r.3 b/man3/readdir_r.3 index 7ce6aadf11..b32ab4c5ee 100644 --- a/man3/readdir_r.3 +++ b/man3/readdir_r.3 @@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ instead of Furthermore, since version 2.24, glibc deprecates .BR readdir_r (). The reasons are as follows: -.IP * 3 +.IP \(bu 3 On systems where .B NAME_MAX is undefined, calling .BR readdir_r () may be unsafe because the interface does not allow the caller to specify the length of the buffer used for the returned directory entry. -.IP * +.IP \(bu On some systems, .BR readdir_r () can't read directory entries with very long names. @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ On some other systems, may return a success status, but the returned .I d_name field may not be null terminated or may be truncated. -.IP * +.IP \(bu In the current POSIX.1 specification (POSIX.1-2008), .BR readdir (3) is not required to be thread-safe. @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ using with external synchronization is still preferable to the use of .BR readdir_r (), for the reasons given in the points above. -.IP * +.IP \(bu It is expected that a future version of POSIX.1 .\" FIXME . .\" http://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=696 |