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2024-05-02man/, share/mk/: Move man*/ to man/Alejandro Colomar1-1239/+0
2024-03-16printf.3: Return the number of bytes printed, not charactersJeremy Baxter1-1/+1
2023-10-31man*/: srcfix (Use .P instead of .PP or .LP)Alejandro Colomar1-49/+49
2023-09-27printf.3: Fix reference to CAVEATS (previously NOTES)Alejandro Colomar1-2/+2
2023-08-13man*/: Remove .sp 1 calls right before SH or PPAlejandro Colomar1-1/+0
2023-07-20man*/: ffix (un-bracket tables)G. Branden Robinson1-4/+2
2023-05-03man*/, man.ignore.grep: srcfix; warn about blank linesAlejandro Colomar1-8/+8
2023-04-01printf.3: Fix wording for the 0 flag with given precisionVincent Lefevre1-1/+1
2023-03-30man*/, man-pages.7: VERSIONS, STANDARDS, HISTORY: Reorganize sectionsAlejandro Colomar1-37/+65
2023-03-17man2/, man3/, man-pages.7: Move VERSIONS next to STANDARDSAlejandro Colomar1-24/+24
2023-03-13Revert "Many pages: Remove references to C89"Alejandro Colomar1-2/+4
2023-02-05Many pages: Use \[aq] instead of \(aqAlejandro Colomar1-20/+20
2023-02-05Many pages: Use lowercase for 'glibc'Alejandro Colomar1-2/+2
2022-12-29Many pages: Remove references to C89Alejandro Colomar1-4/+2
2022-12-15Many pages: Add '\" t' comment where necessaryAlejandro Colomar1-0/+1
2022-12-04Many pages: wfixAlejandro Colomar1-3/+3
2022-11-10Various pages: SYNOPSIS: Use VLA syntax in function parametersAlejandro Colomar1-2/+2
2022-10-30Many pages: Use correct letter case in page titles (TH)Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-10-09dist.mk, All pages: .TH: Generate date at 'make dist'Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-10-09getent.1, iconv.1, intro.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusag...Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-09-15printf.3: SYNOPSIS: Remove incorrect headerAlex Colomar1-2/+0
2022-09-09Revert "src.mk, All pages: Move man* to man/"Alejandro Colomar1-0/+1215
2022-09-05src.mk, All pages: Move man* to man/Alejandro Colomar1-1215/+0
2022-08-21All pages: Remove the 5th argument to .THAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-08-21All pages: Replace the 4th argument to .TH by "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-07-29Many pages: Use STANDARDS instead of CONFORMING TOAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-07-19printf.3: Note about thousands grouping and the C localeDr. Jürgen Sauermann1-0/+5
2022-05-21printf.3: Document 'l' length modifier for a, A, e, E, f, F, g, and GVincent Lefevre1-0/+11
2022-03-20Many pages: Fix style issues reported by `make lint-mandoc`Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-03-20Many pages: Fix style issues reported by `make lint-groff`Alejandro Colomar1-4/+8
2022-03-06Many pages: LIBRARY: srcfixAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2022-03-06printf.3: Add LIBRARY section (libc)Alejandro Colomar1-0/+3
2022-02-25Various pages: [GPL-2.0-or-later] Use SPDX-License-IdentifierAlejandro Colomar1-20/+1
2021-12-22printf.3: Add VERSIONSAlejandro Colomar1-40/+40
2021-12-22printf.3: Document %#m as strerrorname_np(errno)Alejandro Colomar1-1/+22
2021-08-08printf.3: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2021-04-04printf.3: Minor wording tweaks to Utkarsh's patchAlejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2021-04-04printf.3: Add overall structure of format stringUtkarsh Singh1-0/+8
2021-03-22getent.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, mtrace.1,...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2021-03-07printf.3: SYNOPSIS: Use 'restrict' in prototypes; ffix tooAlejandro Colomar1-11/+18
2021-01-06Various pages: Remove redundant escaping of space characters in FTM infoMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2021-01-06Various pages: Improve formatting in ATTRIBUTESMichael Kerrisk1-4/+5
2021-01-05brk.2, chmod.2, gethostname.2, setpgid.2, wait4.2, atoi.3, fwide.3, getlogin....Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2021-01-05Various pages: Simplify mark-up for Feature Test Macro requirementsMichael Kerrisk1-16/+10
2020-12-31Various pages: s/Glibc versions </Glibc </ in Feature Test Macro discussionsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-12-27ioctl_ns.2, keyctl.2, memfd_create.2, pidfd_send_signal.2, poll.2, seccomp.2,...Michael Kerrisk1-4/+2
2020-12-23Various pages: Remove explicit blank lines, replacing them with .PP when appr...Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2020-11-15getent.1, fanotify_mark.2, fcntl.2, futex.2, membarrier.2, mmap.2, mount.2, m...Alejandro Colomar1-1/+1
2020-11-01memusage.1, pldd.1, sprof.1, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, clone.2, dup.2, epoll_...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-09-29_exit.2, access.2, acct.2, brk.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, clock_...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2020-09-24pldd.1, bpf.2, clone.2, dup.2, ioctl_fat.2, nfsservctl.2, open_by_handle_at.2...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-09-12msgctl.2, outb.2, abs.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, drand48.3, drand48_r.3, encrypt.3...Alejandro Colomar1-10/+10
2020-08-23printf.3: Fix description of %a hexfloat outputJonathan Wakely1-1/+3
2020-06-10printf.3: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-06-09iconv.1, locale.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, pldd.1, sprof.1, _syscall.2, a...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-05-31Various pages: retitle EXAMPLE section heading to EXAMPLESMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2020-05-25printf.3: Prevent signed integer overflow in exampleTobias Stoeckmann1-6/+9
2020-03-26printf.3: ffixJakub Wilk1-1/+1
2019-10-11localedef.1, close.2, copy_file_range.2, execve.2, get_robust_list.2, getdoma...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-09-13printf.3: Add detail on the first digit with the %e formatVincent Lefevre1-1/+2
2019-03-06getent.1, iconv.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2019-02-27locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2017-09-15iconv.1, ldd.1, locale.1, localedef.1, memusage.1, memusagestat.1, mtrace.1, ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-08-20j0.3, ldexp.3, lgamma.3, log.3, log10.3, log1p.3, log2.3, lrint.3, lround.3, ...Michael Kerrisk1-8/+2
2017-08-19_syscall.2, shmget.2, stat.2, syscall.2, sysctl.2, utimensat.2, wait.2, CPU_S...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2017-08-19execve.2, ioctl_console.2, ioctl_iflags.2, ioctl_ns.2, ioctl_userfaultfd.2, k...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2017-08-19ioctl_console.2, ioctl_getfsmap.2, ioctl_iflags.2, ioctl_list.2, ioctl_ns.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-24/+24
2017-08-16CPU_SET.3, INFINITY.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, __ppc_set_ppr_med.3, __ppc_yield...Michael Kerrisk1-18/+18
2017-08-15_exit.2, accept.2, chmod.2, dup.2, getgroups.2, keyctl.2, link.2, mkdir.2, mk...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2017-08-15_exit.2, bpf.2, cacheflush.2, capget.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chroot.2, clock_get...Michael Kerrisk1-6/+6
2017-02-02printf.3: Fix a small bug in example codeMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2017-01-26printf.3: Add references to setlocale(3) in discussions of localesMichael Kerrisk1-0/+4
2017-01-26printf.3: As a nonstandard extension, GNU treats 'll' and 'L' as synonymsMichael Kerrisk1-2/+15
2017-01-26printf.3: Document nonstandard 'Z' modifierMichael Kerrisk1-4/+7
2017-01-26printf.3: Document 'q' length modifierMichael Kerrisk1-5/+8
2016-12-17printf.3: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-12-17printf.3: SEE ALSO: remove bogus self reference (dprintf(3))Michael Kerrisk1-1/+0
2016-12-12bind.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, clock_getres.2, clone.2, connect.2, dup.2...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-12-07printf.3: SEE ALSO: add strfromd(3)Wainer dos Santos Moschetta1-0/+1
2016-10-12killpg.2, crypt.3, mbsinit.3, printf.3, rpc.3, ulimit.3, wprintf.3, xdr.3, fd...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2016-07-17ldd.1, localedef.1, add_key.2, chroot.2, clone.2, fork.2, futex.2, get_mempol...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-06-09printf.3: Note support in other C libraries for %m and %nMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2016-03-15locale.1, localedef.1, _exit.2, accept.2, access.2, acct.2, adjtimex.2, bdflu...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-03-01ctime.3, ffs.3, finite.3, flockfile.3, gethostbyname.3, getnameinfo.3, getw.3...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2016-03-01_exit.2, abs.3, acos.3, acosh.3, asin.3, asinh.3, atan.3, atan2.3, atanh.3, a...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+0
2016-03-01exp2.3, finite.3, fwide.3, log2.3, nextafter.3, printf.3, rint.3, wprintf.3: ...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-03-01access.2, chmod.2, chown.2, link.2, mkdir.2, open.2, readlink.2, rename.2, st...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2016-02-17printf.3: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-08-08ldd.1, sprof.1, accept.2, alarm.2, bind.2, chdir.2, clock_nanosleep.2, close....Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-07-24printf.3: Describe dprintf() and vdprintf()Michael Kerrisk1-0/+7
2015-07-24printf.3: CONFORMING TO: add POSIX.1-2008Michael Kerrisk1-17/+6
2015-05-07Removed trailing white space at end of linesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-05-05printf.3: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-05-05printf.3: Minor clarificationMichael Kerrisk1-1/+5
2015-05-05printf.3: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2015-05-05printf.3: SEE ALSO: add puts(3)Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2015-05-05printf.3: Move return value discussion to proper RETURN VALUE sectionMichael Kerrisk1-21/+21
2015-05-05printf.3: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2015-05-05printf.3: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2015-04-27printf.3: Merge dprintf() and vdprintf() discussion into this pageMichael Kerrisk1-6/+43
2015-04-19getent.1, fallocate.2, getrlimit.2, llseek.2, madvise.2, mount.2, poll.2, pos...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-04-11printf.3: Simplify the example codeWalter Harms1-35/+20
2015-04-11printf.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safeZeng Linggang1-0/+23
2015-03-27printf.3: tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2015-01-16printf.3: ffixAkihiro Motoki1-1/+1
2014-08-01printf.3: Update with some SUSv3 detailsMichael Kerrisk1-6/+10
2014-08-01printf.3: Note use of 'j', 'z', and 't' length modifiers for '%n'Michael Kerrisk1-0/+12
2014-08-01printf.3: Clarify details of the %n conversion specifierMichael Kerrisk1-6/+8
2014-07-08iconv.1, ldd.1, connect.2, dup.2, epoll_ctl.2, eventfd.2, fallocate.2, fcntl....Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-06-29printf.3: Update references to standards for C and S conversion specifiersMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2014-06-29printf.3: Remove some old text about glibc 2.0 changesMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2014-06-29printf.3: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2014-06-29printf.3: Remove libc4 and libc5 detailsMichael Kerrisk1-46/+46
2014-06-29printf.3: grfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-06-29printf.3: SUSv3 and later agree with C99 for the snprintf() return valueMichael Kerrisk1-0/+3
2014-01-29perf_event_open.2, printf.3: srcfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-01-17printf.3: Samll reorganization of text in EXAMPLEMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2014-01-11accept.2, clock_getres.2, mkdir.2, request_key.2, wait.2, printf.3, bootparam...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2014-01-02select_tut.2, dlopen.3, err.3, printf.3: Stylistic changes to code exampleMichael Kerrisk1-3/+5
2014-01-02printf.3: Fix memory link in snprintf() exampleMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2013-09-04printf.3: srcfixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2013-09-04printf.3: Correctly describe the meaning of a negative precisionChristopher Hall1-3/+4
2013-06-12arch_prctl.2, getpeername.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_list.2, mmap2.2, mremap.2, sc...Michael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2013-04-01intro.1, _syscall.2, access.2, arch_prctl.2, cacheflush.2, chown.2, clock_get...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2013-03-12printf.3: srcfix copyrightMichael Kerrisk1-7/+6
2013-03-10getent.1, _syscall.2, acct.2, adjtimex.2, bdflush.2, brk.2, cacheflush.2, get...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2013-03-10getent.1, _syscall.2, acct.2, adjtimex.2, bdflush.2, brk.2, cacheflush.2, get...Michael Kerrisk1-0/+2
2013-03-10getent.1, _syscall.2, acct.2, adjtimex.2, bdflush.2, brk.2, cacheflush.2, get...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+2
2013-03-05Removed trailing white space at end of linesMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2013-03-05Changes, printf.3, pthread_yield.3, resolver.3, resolv.conf.5, rtnetlink.7: t...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2013-02-28printf.3: Minor improvements to example codeMichael Kerrisk1-6/+5
2013-02-28printf.3: Fix error handling in example codeMarshel Abraham1-4/+11
2013-02-24intro.1, time.1, _syscall.2, accept.2, capget.2, clone.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-7/+7
2013-02-24getent.1, intro.1, time.1, _exit.2, _syscall.2, accept.2, access.2, acct.2, a...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2012-09-26time.1, atexit.3, bsearch.3, dlopen.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, fmtmsg.3, getgren...Michael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2012-09-24time.1, atexit.3, bsearch.3, dlopen.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, fmtmsg.3, getgren...Michael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2012-05-07printf.3: srcfix to avoid groff warningsMichael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2011-09-28gets.3, mbtowc.3, printf.3, puts.3, scanf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, s...Michael Kerrisk1-6/+5
2010-11-11printf.3: Formatting fixes in example codeMichael Kerrisk1-2/+9
2010-10-12intro.1, time.1, accept.2, bind.2, connect.2, execve.2, flock.2, getdents.2, ...Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2010-09-22_exit.2, brk.2, capget.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, getdtablesize....Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2010-09-22printf.3: Fix feature test macro requirementsMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2010-09-22printf.3, scanf.3: ffixMichael Kerrisk1-2/+6
2010-01-16accept.2, access.2, acct.2, clock_nanosleep.2, mbind.2, mincore.2, remap_file...Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2010-01-16intro.1, time.1, adjtimex.2, capget.2, eventfd.2, fcntl.2, getrlimit.2, getso...Michael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2009-09-28printf.3: wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-12-19printf.3: Source and destination buffers may not overlap for *s*printf()Michael Kerrisk1-1/+32
2008-09-29Typo and wording fixesNicolas Fran�ois1-2/+2
2008-07-23s/floating point/floating-point/ when used attributively.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-18tfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-12Many small formatting fixes.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2008-07-12many ffixesMichael Kerrisk1-19/+27
2008-07-06Wrapped long source linesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+2
2008-06-09wrap long source linesMichael Kerrisk1-3/+6
2008-06-09Try and bring some consistency to quotes.Michael Kerrisk1-35/+35
2008-06-09s/\\'/\\(aq/Michael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2008-06-05/'/\\'/ to produce better UTF renderingMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2008-03-19s/nonzero/non-zero/Michael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2008-01-11Rework/remove use of ".ad" macros.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+0
2008-01-01Remove extraneous .br macro before/after .SH/.SS.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+0
2007-12-25hyphenation fixesMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2007-12-23spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+5
2007-12-19Make the standard indent for code samples, shell sessionMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2007-12-19enclose code smaples/structure defns/etc in ".in +4n / .in"Michael Kerrisk1-16/+14
2007-12-16s/``...''/"..."/Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-12-10ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-11-24Update date in .TH lineMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-11-18Fix the discussion of stdarg macros in the description of vprintf() description.Michael Kerrisk1-6/+8
2007-10-03Fix redundant formatting tagsMichael Kerrisk1-9/+9
2007-09-20Fix redundant formatting macrosMichael Kerrisk1-3/+3
2007-08-28ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-08-27ffix/spfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-07-08Added/updated glibc feature test macro requirementsMichael Kerrisk1-3/+16
2007-06-25Minor wording changes.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-06-23ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-06-22ffixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2007-06-08Change "e.g. " to "e.g., ", or in some cases, "for example, ".Michael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2007-06-07Add text to the introductory part of DESCRIPTION, about theMichael Kerrisk1-0/+11
2007-05-19Fix inconsistencies in order of .SH sectionsMichael Kerrisk1-103/+103
2007-05-18Removed HISTORY section, or moved it as a subsection or paragraphsMichael Kerrisk1-33/+33
2007-05-18Fix inconsistencies in .TH linesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2007-05-12Adding section numbers to xrefs toother pagesMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
2007-04-27Fix incorrect use of "\-".Michael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2007-04-12Wrapped long lines, wrapped at sentence boundaries; stripped trailingMichael Kerrisk1-60/+112
2007-04-05Replaced tabs with spacesMichael Kerrisk1-32/+42
2007-04-05ffixMichael Kerrisk1-6/+2
2006-08-03Updated CONFORMING TO sectionMichael Kerrisk1-4/+3
2006-06-07Add documentation of %m.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+6
2006-05-22wfixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2006-05-01Added SEE ALSO entry referring to setlocale.3Michael Kerrisk1-0/+1
2006-01-13Global change to many pages...Michael Kerrisk1-7/+4
2005-11-02Formatting fixesMichael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2005-11-02Change itacised function names and page xrefs to boldMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2005-10-28Formatting fixMichael Kerrisk1-1/+3
2005-10-19Manual fixes for parentheses formattingMichael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2005-10-19Automated addition of parentheses by add_parens_for_own_funcs.shMichael Kerrisk1-47/+47
2005-07-18Classical BSD versions are now always named x.yBSD (formerlyMichael Kerrisk1-5/+5
2005-07-14Fixed missing word.Michael Kerrisk1-1/+1
2005-07-07hyphen/dash fixesMichael Kerrisk1-4/+4
2005-07-06hyphen/dash fixesMichael Kerrisk1-2/+2
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