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Fix confused wording for return value of setvbuf(). 

Fixes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488104.
Other minor rewordings.
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Michael Kerrisk 2008-06-26 14:02:30 +00:00
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@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
.\" Correction, 2000-03-03, Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
.\" Added return value for setvbuf, aeb,
.\"
.TH SETBUF 3 2007-07-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH SETBUF 3 2008-06-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setbuf, setbuffer, setlinebuf, setvbuf \- stream buffering operations
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -151,13 +151,14 @@ setvbuf(stream, (char *) NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
The function
.BR setvbuf ()
returns 0 on success.
It can return any value on failure, but returns non-zero when
.I mode
is invalid or the request cannot be honored.
It returns non-zero on failure
.RI ( mode
is invalid or the request cannot be honored).
It may set
.I errno
on failure.
The other functions are void.
The other functions do not return a value.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
The
.BR setbuf ()
@ -180,7 +181,6 @@ You must make sure that the space that
points to still exists by the time
.I stream
is closed, which also happens at program termination.
.P
For example, the following is invalid:
.nf
.sp