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diff --git a/stdlib/FreeBSD/getsubopt.3 b/stdlib/FreeBSD/getsubopt.3
index 651f357a17ca6d790e489dcd063e2ed739abccb6..c1ddee227418c5c93b64b9c3e76c9a5d15a5f83b 100644 (file)
--- a/stdlib/FreeBSD/getsubopt.3
+++ b/stdlib/FreeBSD/getsubopt.3
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 .\" 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
 .\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)getsubopt.3        8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/getsubopt.3,v 1.10 2004/02/23 03:32:10 ache Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/getsubopt.3,v 1.11 2007/01/09 00:28:10 imp Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 9, 1993
 .Dt GETSUBOPT 3
@@ -44,23 +40,27 @@
 .In stdlib.h
 .Vt extern char *suboptarg ;
 .Ft int
-.Fn getsubopt "char **optionp" "char * const *tokens" "char **valuep"
+.Fo getsubopt
+.Fa "char **optionp"
+.Fa "char *const *keylistp"
+.Fa "char **valuep"
+.Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn getsubopt
 function
-parses a string containing tokens delimited by one or more tab, space or
-comma
+parses a string containing tokens that are delimited
+by one or more tab, space, or comma
 .Pq Ql \&,
 characters.
-It is intended for use in parsing groups of option arguments provided
-as part of a utility command line.
+It is intended for use in parsing groups of option arguments
+that are provided as part of a utility command line.
 .Pp
 The argument
 .Fa optionp
 is a pointer to a pointer to the string.
 The argument
-.Fa tokens
+.Fa keylistp
 is a pointer to a
 .Dv NULL Ns -terminated
 array of pointers to strings.
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ The
 .Fn getsubopt
 function
 returns the zero-based offset of the pointer in the
-.Fa tokens
-array referencing a string which matches the first token
-in the string, or, \-1 if the string contains no tokens or
-.Fa tokens
+.Fa keylistp
+array, referencing a string which matches the first token in the string
+ or \-1 if the string contains no tokens or
+.Fa keylistp
 does not contain a matching string.
 .Pp
 If the token is of the form ``name=value'', the location referenced by
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ will be set to point to the ``value'' portion of the token, or
 if no ``value'' portion was present.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 .Bd -literal -compact
-char *tokens[] = {
+char *keylistp[] = {
        #define ONE     0
                "one",
        #define TWO     1
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "ab:")) != \-1) {
        case 'b':
                options = optarg;
                while (*options) {
-                       switch(getsubopt(&options, tokens, &value)) {
+                       switch(getsubopt(&options, keylistp, &value)) {
                        case ONE:
                                /* process ``one'' sub option */
                                break;