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diff --git a/locale/FreeBSD/tolower.3 b/locale/FreeBSD/tolower.3
index d3535c8a5db57983b30e7355ca06e67861835008..0ac4aba66e4999403550613ac585daa6308d2aad 100644 (file)
--- a/locale/FreeBSD/tolower.3
+++ b/locale/FreeBSD/tolower.3
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"    This product includes software developed by the University of
-.\"    California, Berkeley and its contributors.
 .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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@@ -34,39 +30,52 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"    @(#)tolower.3   8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/tolower.3,v 1.16 2004/08/21 07:37:08 tjr Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/tolower.3,v 1.21 2009/09/04 07:44:58 des Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd August 21, 2004
+.Dd July 17, 2005
 .Dt TOLOWER 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm tolower
+.Nm tolower ,
+.Nm tolower_l
 .Nd upper case to lower case letter conversion
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In ctype.h
 .Ft int
-.Fn tolower "int c"
+.Fo tolower
+.Fa "int c"
+.Fc
+.In ctype.h
+.In xlocale.h
+.Ft int
+.Fo tolower_l
+.Fa "int c"
+.Fa "locale_t loc"
+.Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn tolower
 function converts an upper-case letter to the corresponding lower-case
 letter.
-For single C
-.Va char Ns s
-locales (see
-.Xr multibyte 3 )
-the value of the argument is
-representable as an
-.Li unsigned char
+The argument must be representable as an
+.Vt "unsigned char"
 or the value of
 .Dv EOF .
+.Pp
+Although the
+.Fn tolower
+function uses the current locale, the
+.Fn tolower_l
+function may be passed a locale directly. See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 If the argument is an upper-case letter, the
 .Fn tolower
 function returns the corresponding lower-case letter if there is
-one; otherwise the argument is returned unchanged.
+one; otherwise, the argument is returned unchanged.
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 The
 .Bx 4.4
@@ -80,8 +89,8 @@ function should be used instead.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ctype 3 ,
 .Xr islower 3 ,
-.Xr multibyte 3 ,
-.Xr towlower 3
+.Xr towlower 3 ,
+.Xr xlocale 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn tolower