The preferred spelling seems to be "null-terminated".
fts.3 : "NULL-" -> "null-"
getnetent.3 : "NULL-" -> "null-"
getprotoent.3 : "NULL-" -> "null-"
getrpcent.3 : "NULL-" -> "null-"
getservent.3 : "NULL-" -> "null-"
getsubopt.3 : "NULL-" -> "null-"
putgrent.3 : "NULL " -> "null-"
strcat.3 : "null " -> "null-"
strcpy.3 : "null " -> "null-"
console_ioctl.4 : "NULL " -> "null-"
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@xxxxxxxxx>
---
man3/fts.3 | 8 ++++----
man3/getnetent.3 | 2 +-
man3/getprotoent.3 | 2 +-
man3/getrpcent.3 | 2 +-
man3/getservent.3 | 2 +-
man3/getsubopt.3 | 2 +-
man3/putgrent.3 | 2 +-
man3/strcat.3 | 4 ++--
man3/strcpy.3 | 2 +-
man4/console_ioctl.4 | 2 +-
10 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man3/fts.3 b/man3/fts.3
index 7927544..e7fc193 100644
--- a/man3/fts.3
+++ b/man3/fts.3
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Upon return from the
.BR fts_children ()
function, the
.I fts_link
-field points to the next structure in the NULL-terminated linked list of
+field points to the next structure in the null-terminated linked list of
directory members.
Otherwise, the contents of the
.I fts_link
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ Therefore, the
and
.I fts_accpath
fields are guaranteed to be
-NULL-terminated
+null-terminated
.I only
for the file most recently returned by
.BR fts_read ().
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ are attempted.
The
.I fts_name
field is always
-NULL-terminated.
+null-terminated.
.SS fts_open()
The
.BR fts_open ()
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ The
.BR fts_children ()
function returns a pointer to an
.I FTSENT
-structure describing the first entry in a NULL-terminated linked list of
+structure describing the first entry in a null-terminated linked list of
the files in the directory represented by the
.I FTSENT
structure most recently returned by
diff --git a/man3/getnetent.3 b/man3/getnetent.3
index 72b3efa..a6dbfa6 100644
--- a/man3/getnetent.3
+++ b/man3/getnetent.3
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ The members of the \fInetent\fP structure are:
The official name of the network.
.TP
.I n_aliases
-A NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the network.
+A null-terminated list of alternative names for the network.
.TP
.I n_addrtype
The type of the network number; always
diff --git a/man3/getprotoent.3 b/man3/getprotoent.3
index 05c1d7c..2492983 100644
--- a/man3/getprotoent.3
+++ b/man3/getprotoent.3
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ The members of the \fIprotoent\fP structure are:
The official name of the protocol.
.TP
.I p_aliases
-A NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the protocol.
+A null-terminated list of alternative names for the protocol.
.TP
.I p_proto
The protocol number.
diff --git a/man3/getrpcent.3 b/man3/getrpcent.3
index 8135c16..ee56f04 100644
--- a/man3/getrpcent.3
+++ b/man3/getrpcent.3
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The members of this structure are:
The name of the server for this RPC program.
.TP
.I r_aliases
-A NULL-terminated list of alternate names for the RPC program.
+A null-terminated list of alternate names for the RPC program.
.TP
.I r_number
The RPC program number for this service.
diff --git a/man3/getservent.3 b/man3/getservent.3
index 27df7af..b073ad7 100644
--- a/man3/getservent.3
+++ b/man3/getservent.3
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The members of the \fIservent\fP structure are:
The official name of the service.
.TP
.I s_aliases
-A NULL-terminated list of alternative names for the service.
+A null-terminated list of alternative names for the service.
.TP
.I s_port
The port number for the service given in network byte order.
diff --git a/man3/getsubopt.3 b/man3/getsubopt.3
index e4ffd59..49dff25 100644
--- a/man3/getsubopt.3
+++ b/man3/getsubopt.3
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ that might be passed in
The
.I tokens
-argument is a pointer to a NULL-terminated list of the tokens that
+argument is a pointer to a null-terminated list of the tokens that
.BR getsubopt ()
will look for in
.IR optionp .
diff --git a/man3/putgrent.3 b/man3/putgrent.3
index 522716b..a33e3df 100644
--- a/man3/putgrent.3
+++ b/man3/putgrent.3
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function is the counterpart for
The function writes the content of the provided \fIstruct group\fP into the
file pointed to by
.IR fp .
-The list of group members must be NULL terminated or NULL initialized.
+The list of group members must be null-terminated or null-initialized.
.sp
The \fIstruct group\fP is defined as follows:
.sp
diff --git a/man3/strcat.3 b/man3/strcat.3
index eed90ea..26f8025 100644
--- a/man3/strcat.3
+++ b/man3/strcat.3
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ function is similar, except that
.IP * 3
it will use at most \fIn\fP characters from \fIsrc\fP; and
.IP *
-\fIsrc\fP does not need to be null terminated if it contains
+\fIsrc\fP does not need to be null-terminated if it contains
\fIn\fP or more characters.
.PP
As with
.BR strcat (),
-the resulting string in \fIdest\fP is always null terminated.
+the resulting string in \fIdest\fP is always null-terminated.
.PP
If \fIsrc\fP contains \fIn\fP or more characters,
.BR strncat ()
diff --git a/man3/strcpy.3 b/man3/strcpy.3
index 9d47e37..8adc2e9 100644
--- a/man3/strcpy.3
+++ b/man3/strcpy.3
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function is similar, except that at most
.BR Warning :
If there is no null byte
among the first \fIn\fP bytes of \fIsrc\fP,
-the string placed in \fIdest\fP will not be null terminated.
+the string placed in \fIdest\fP will not be null-terminated.
.PP
If the length of
.I src
diff --git a/man4/console_ioctl.4 b/man4/console_ioctl.4
index 57c2c0b..7808af3 100644
--- a/man4/console_ioctl.4
+++ b/man4/console_ioctl.4
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ struct kbsentry {
.fi
.in
-\fIkb_string\fP is set to the (NULL terminated) string corresponding to
+\fIkb_string\fP is set to the (null-terminated) string corresponding to
the \fIkb_func\fPth function key action code.
.IP \fBKDSKBSENT\fP
Sets one function key string entry.
--
1.6.5.2.180.gc5b3e
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