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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" Add ERRORS section.
.\" Document the 'a' and 'm' modifiers for dynamic string allocation.
.\"
-.TH sscanf 3 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.03"
+.TH sscanf 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
.SH NAME
sscanf, vsscanf \- input string format conversion
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -527,13 +527,6 @@ The value
.B EOF
is returned if the end of input is reached before either the first
successful conversion or a matching failure occurs.
-.B EOF
-is also returned if a read error occurs,
-in which case the error indicator for the stream (see
-.BR ferror (3))
-is set, and
-.I errno
-is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EILSEQ
@@ -549,23 +542,23 @@ Out of memory.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
-.ad l
-.nh
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
+.na
+.nh
.BR sscanf (),
.BR vsscanf ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale
.TE
-.hy
-.ad
.sp 1
.SH STANDARDS
-These functions conform to C99 and POSIX.1-2001.
+C11, POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+C89, POSIX.1-2001.
.PP
The
.B q
@@ -721,7 +714,7 @@ the returned string, as in the following example:
.EX
char *p;
int n;
-
+\&
errno = 0;
n = sscanf(str, "%m[a\-z]", &p);
if (n == 1) {