[patch] make getline return description match the code

Ben Collins bcollins@debian.org
Fri Jan 5 07:48:00 GMT 2001


If getline() reads a line with no newline, and reaches EOF, it still
returns the number of bytes read, and not -1 as the documentation
implies. This patch just clarifies that.

2001-01-05  Ben Collins  <bcollins@debian.org>

	* manual/stdio.texi: getline(): clarify the return value in the
	  case of EOF being reached before a newline.

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