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authorнаб <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>2022-07-20 00:28:10 +0200
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>2022-07-20 10:15:00 +0200
commit23b628c715a54b78335a1e0479f21f4814264e17 (patch)
treef7c9a700362922b1353485d542814ad2cb0d7b63
parent935e3374330f4a677b83a00a459feb811b692cf5 (diff)
strftime.3, strftime_l.3: mention strftime_l() with .so link
POSIX.1-2008 TC2: > [CX] The strftime_l() function shall be equivalent to the strftime() function, except that the locale data used is from the locale represented by locale. > [CX] The behavior is undefined if the locale argument to strftime_l() is the special locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object handle. Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man3/strftime.326
-rw-r--r--man3/strftime_l.31
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man3/strftime.3 b/man3/strftime.3
index dc98a5122..6eff815ad 100644
--- a/man3/strftime.3
+++ b/man3/strftime.3
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Standard C library
.BI "size_t strftime(char *restrict " s ", size_t " max ,
.BI " const char *restrict " format ,
.BI " const struct tm *restrict " tm );
+.PP
+.BI "size_t strftime_l(char *restrict " s ", size_t " max ,
+.BI " const char *restrict " format ,
+.BI " const struct tm *restrict " tm ,
+.BI " locale_t " locale );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -471,6 +476,17 @@ as an argument to a
One example of such alternative forms is the Japanese era calendar scheme in the
.B ja_JP
glibc locale.
+.PP
+.BR strftime_l ()
+is equivalent to
+.BR strftime (),
+except it uses the specified
+.I locale
+instead of the current locale.
+The behaviour is undefined if
+.I locale
+is invalid or
+.BR LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE .
.SH RETURN VALUE
Provided that the result string,
including the terminating null byte, does not exceed
@@ -516,14 +532,22 @@ lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
-.BR strftime ()
+.BR strftime (),
+.BR strftime_l ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe env locale
.TE
.hy
.ad
.sp 1
.SH CONFORMING TO
+.BR strftime ():
SVr4, C89, C99.
+.PD 0
+.PP
+.PD
+.BR strftime_l ():
+POSIX.1-2008.
+.PP
.\" FIXME strftime() is in POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008, but the details
.\" in the standards changed across versions. Investigate and
.\" write up.
diff --git a/man3/strftime_l.3 b/man3/strftime_l.3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02e797a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man3/strftime_l.3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.so man3/strftime.3