From: Daniel Walter <dwalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> --- man2/leftpad.2 | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man2/leftpad.2 diff --git a/man2/leftpad.2 b/man2/leftpad.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff5f401 --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/leftpad.2 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2016 sigma-star gmbh +.\" (office@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) +.\" +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL) +.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or +.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as +.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of +.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. +.\" +.\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" +.\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any +.\" document formatting or typesetting system, including +.\" intermediate and printed output. +.\" +.\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +.\" GNU General Public License for more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public +.\" License along with this manual; if not, see +.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +.\" %%%LICENSE_END +.\" +.TH LEFTPAD 2 2016-04-01 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +leftpad +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/types.h> + +.BI "int leftpad(char *src, char pad, char *dst, size_t dst_len); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +This function provides left padding for strings. +.LP +The string in +.I src +will be left padded with the chosen padding character +.I pad +and stored in +.I dst + . +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, returns the number of padding characters added. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EINVAL +The size of the destination buffer +.I dst +is shorter than the source string +.I src + . Or the destination string is longer than 4096 bytes. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR snprintf (3) -- 2.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
