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diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3 index 47fe661d2..e91504986 100644 --- a/man3/regex.3 +++ b/man3/regex.3 @@ -131,23 +131,26 @@ compilation flag above). .TP .B REG_STARTEND -Use -.I pmatch[0] -on the input string, starting at byte -.I pmatch[0].rm_so -and ending before byte -.IR pmatch[0].rm_eo . +Match +.RI [ "string + pmatch[0].rm_so" , " string + pmatch[0].rm_eo" ) +instead of +.RI [ string , " string + strlen(string)" ). This allows matching embedded NUL bytes and avoids a .BR strlen (3) -on large strings. -It does not use +on known-length strings. +If any matches are returned +.RB ( REG_NOSUB +wasn't passed to +.BR regcomp (), +the match succeeded, and .I nmatch -on input, and does not change -.B REG_NOTBOL -or -.B REG_NEWLINE -processing. +> 0), they overwrite +.I pmatch +as usual, and the match offsets remain relative to +.I string +(not +.IR "string + pmatch[0].rm_so" ). This flag is a BSD extension, not present in POSIX. .SS Match offsets Unless |