NAME: Make description clearer

SYNOPSIS: Add feature test macro requirements.
SYNOPSIS: Remove unneeded "Compile with" piece.
CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2001.
Add RETURN VALUE and ERRORS sections.
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.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
.\" and Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk
.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Distributed under GPL
.\"
.TH FMAX 3 2002-07-28 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH FMAX 3 2008-07-25 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl \- find maximum value
fmax, fmaxf, fmaxl \- determine maximum of two floating-point numbers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <math.h>
.sp
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.br
.BI "long double fmaxl(long double " x ", long double " y );
.sp
Compile with \fI\-std=c99\fP; link with \fI\-lm\fP.
Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.sp
.in -4n
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.in
.sp
.ad l
.BR fmax (),
.BR fmaxf (),
.BR fmaxl ():
_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
.I cc\ -std=c99
.ad b
.SH DESCRIPTION
Return the larger value of
These functions return the larger value of
.I x
and
.IR y .
.SH RETURN VALUE
These functions return the maximum of
.I x
and
.IR y .
If one argument is a NaN, the other argument is returned.
If both arguments are NaN, a NaN is returned.
.SH ERRORS
No errors occur.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99.
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR fmin (3)

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.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
.\" and Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk
.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Distributed under GPL
.\"
.TH FMIN 3 2002-07-28 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH FMIN 3 2008-07-25 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
fmin, fminf, fminl \- find minimum value
fmin, fminf, fminl \- determine minimum of two floating-point numbers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <math.h>
.sp
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.br
.BI "long double fminl(long double " x ", long double " y );
.sp
Compile with \fI\-std=c99\fP; link with \fI\-lm\fP.
Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.sp
.in -4n
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.in
.sp
.ad l
.BR fmin (),
.BR fminf (),
.BR fminl ():
_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
.I cc\ -std=c99
.ad b
.SH DESCRIPTION
Return the lesser value of
These functions the lesser value of
.I x
and
.IR y .
.SH RETURN VALUE
These functions return the minimum of
.I x
and
.IR y .
If one argument is a NaN, the other argument is returned.
If both arguments are NaN, a NaN is returned.
.SH ERRORS
No errors occur.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99.
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR fmax (3)