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Add "RETURN VALUES" sections

OPENBSD_3_3
millert 22 years ago
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2 changed files with 52 additions and 2 deletions
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      src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
  2. +28
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      src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.3

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src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 View File

@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\" .\"
.\" $OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.18 2002/12/04 20:31:30 millert Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.19 2002/12/04 21:42:22 millert Exp $
.\" .\"
.Dd April 19, 1994 .Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt GETOPT 3 .Dt GETOPT 3
@ -126,6 +126,29 @@ When all options have been processed (i.e., up to the first non-option
argument), argument),
.Fn getopt .Fn getopt
returns \-1. returns \-1.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn getopt
function returns the next known option character in
.Fa optstring .
If
.Fn getopt
encounters a character not found in
.Fa optstring
or if it detects a missing option argument,
it returns
.Sq ? .
If
.Fa optstring
has a leading
.Sq \:
then a missing option argument causes
.Sq \:
to be returned instead of
.Sq ? .
The
.Fn getopt
function returns \-1 when the argument list is exhausted.
.Sh EXAMPLES .Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -compact .Bd -literal -compact
int bflag, ch, fd; int bflag, ch, fd;


+ 28
- 1
src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.3 View File

@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $OpenBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.1 2002/12/03 20:24:30 millert Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.2 2002/12/04 21:42:22 millert Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.11 2002/10/02 10:54:19 wiz Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.11 2002/10/02 10:54:19 wiz Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
@ -163,6 +163,33 @@ If an option starting with
.Sq - .Sq -
does not match a long option but does match a single-character option, does not match a long option but does match a single-character option,
the single-character option is returned. the single-character option is returned.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If the
.Fa flag
field in
.Li struct option
is
.Dv NULL ,
.Fn getopt_long
and
.Fn getopt_long_only
return the value specified in the
.Fa val
field, which is usually just the corresponding short option.
If
.Fa flag
is not
.Dv NULL ,
these functions return 0 and store
.Fa val
in the location pointed to by
.Fa flag .
These functions return
.Sq \:
if there was a missing option argument,
.Sq ?
if the user specified an unknown or ambiguous option, and
\-1 when the argument list has been exhausted.
.Sh EXAMPLES .Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -compact .Bd -literal -compact
int bflag, ch, fd; int bflag, ch, fd;


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