(split) LDP_man-pages: update original to v3.35.

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man3 / scanf.3

diff --git a/original/man3/scanf.3 b/original/man3/scanf.3
index 113bcff..59e9b58 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man3/scanf.3
+++ b/original/man3/scanf.3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 .\"     Add ERRORS section.
 .\"     Document the 'a' and 'm' modifiers for dynamic string allocation.
 .\"
-.TH SCANF 3  2010-09-20 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SCANF 3  2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 scanf, fscanf, sscanf, vscanf, vsscanf, vfscanf \- input format conversion
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ this specification, and the result is placed in the corresponding
 .I pointer
 argument.
 If the next item of input does not match the conversion specification,
-the conversion fails \(em this is a
+the conversion fails\(emthis is a
 .IR "matching failure" .
 .PP
 Each
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ when a nonmatching character is found, whichever happens first.
 Most conversions discard initial white space characters (the exceptions
 are noted below),
 and these discarded characters don't count toward the maximum field width.
-String input conversions store a null terminator (\(aq\\0\(aq)
+String input conversions store a terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq)
 to mark the end of the input;
 the maximum field width does not include this terminator.
 .TP
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ Equivalent to
 .B s
 Matches a sequence of non-white-space characters;
 the next pointer must be a pointer to character array that is
-long enough to hold the input sequence and the terminating null
-character (\(aq\\0\(aq), which is added automatically.
+long enough to hold the input sequence and
+the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq), which is added automatically.
 The input string stops at white space or at the maximum field
 width, whichever occurs first.
 .TP