The result of this operation is undefined as specified in C99, see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7075 Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3 index b2ed86a..f8377a7 100644 --- a/man3/printf.3 +++ b/man3/printf.3 @@ -750,6 +750,9 @@ or The array must contain a terminating null wide character, unless a precision is given and it is so small that the number of bytes written exceeds it before the end of the array is reached. + +If the source array and the target buffer of the function overlap, +results are undefined. .TP .B C (Not in C99, but in SUSv2.) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
