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diff --git a/stdio/FreeBSD/getline.3 b/stdio/FreeBSD/getline.3
index ddefe70d82cd3b73b29794dae399b568a60ccb27..11e1e893bcc5f264fd512a7c4f2e019ada069e68 100644 (file)
--- a/stdio/FreeBSD/getline.3
+++ b/stdio/FreeBSD/getline.3
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/getline.3,v 1.2 2009/04/06 13:50:04 das Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/getline.3,v 1.5 2012/03/29 05:02:12 eadler Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd March 29, 2009
+.Dd November 30, 2010
 .Dt GETLINE 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -53,23 +53,23 @@ function is equivalent to
 with the newline character as the delimiter.
 The delimiter character is included as part of the line, unless
 the end of the file is reached.
-The caller may provide a pointer to a malloc buffer for the line in
+.Pp
+The caller may provide a pointer to a malloced buffer for the line in
 .Fa *linep ,
 and the capacity of that buffer in
-.Fa *linecapp ;
-if
-.Fa *linecapp
-is 0, then
-.Fa *linep
-is treated as
-.Dv NULL .
-These functions may expand the buffer as needed, as if via
-.Fn realloc ,
-and update
+.Fa *linecapp .
+These functions expand the buffer as needed, as if via
+.Fn realloc .
+If
+.Fa linep
+points to a
+.Dv NULL
+pointer, a new buffer will be allocated.
+In either case,
 .Fa *linep
 and
 .Fa *linecapp
-accordingly.
+will be updated accordingly.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn getdelim
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ and
 .Fn getline
 functions return the number of characters written, excluding the
 terminating
-.Dv NULL .
+.Dv NUL
+character.
 The value \-1 is returned if an error occurs, or if end-of-file is reached.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following code fragment reads lines from a file and
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ No delimiter was found in the first
 characters.
 .El
 .Pp
-These functions may also fail for any of the errors specified for
+These functions may also fail due to any of the errors specified for
 .Fn fgets
 and
 .Fn malloc .