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diff --git a/man3/strdup.3 b/man3/strdup.3 index e19c03cf68..075982bbb1 100644 --- a/man3/strdup.3 +++ b/man3/strdup.3 @@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ strdup, strndup, strdupa, strndupa \- duplicate a string .sp .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBstrdup()\fP function returns a pointer to a new string which +The \fBstrdup\fP() function returns a pointer to a new string which is a duplicate of the string \fIs\fP. Memory for the new string is obtained with \fBmalloc\fP(3), and can be freed with \fBfree\fP(3). -The \fBstrndup()\fP function is similar, but only copies at most +The \fBstrndup\fP() function is similar, but only copies at most \fIn\fP characters. If \fIs\fP is longer than \fIn\fP, only \fIn\fP characters are copied, and a terminating NUL is added. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ to allocate the buffer. They are only available when using the GNU GCC suite, and suffer from the same limitations described in \fBalloca(3)\fP. .SH "RETURN VALUE" -The \fBstrdup()\fP function returns a pointer to the duplicated +The \fBstrdup\fP() function returns a pointer to the duplicated string, or NULL if insufficient memory was available. .SH ERRORS .TP @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate string. .SH "CONFORMING TO" .\" 4.3BSD-Reno, not (first) 4.3BSD. SVID 3, 4.3BSD. -\fBstrndup()\fP, \fBstrdupa()\fP, and \fBstrndupa()\fP are GNU extensions. +\fBstrndup\fP(), \fBstrdupa\fP(), and \fBstrndupa\fP() are GNU extensions. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR alloca (3), .BR calloc (3), |