Harmonize all the manual pages to use "stream" for FILE* instead of randomly using "fp" or "stream." Choosing something and being consistent helps users scan the man pages quickly and understand what they are looking at. Patch against master. diff --git a/man3/getmntent.3 b/man3/getmntent.3 index 02759a2..8540bc5 100644 --- a/man3/getmntent.3 +++ b/man3/getmntent.3 @@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ getmntent_r \- get filesystem descriptor file entry .sp .BI "FILE *setmntent(const char *" filename ", const char *" type ); .sp -.BI "struct mntent *getmntent(FILE *" fp ); +.BI "struct mntent *getmntent(FILE *" stream ); .sp -.BI "int addmntent(FILE *" fp ", const struct mntent *" mnt ); +.BI "int addmntent(FILE *" stream ", const struct mntent *" mnt ); .sp -.BI "int endmntent(FILE *" fp ); +.BI "int endmntent(FILE *" streamp ); .sp .BI "char *hasmntopt(const struct mntent *" mnt ", const char *" opt ); .sp /* GNU extension */ .B #include <mntent.h> .sp -.BI "struct mntent *getmntent_r(FILE *" fp ", struct mntent *" mntbuf , +.BI "struct mntent *getmntent_r(FILE *" streamp ", struct mntent *" mntbuf , .BI " char *" buf ", int " buflen ); .fi .sp @@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ argument of .PP The .BR getmntent () -function reads the next line from the filesystem -description file -.I fp +function reads the next line of the filesystem +description file from +.I stream and returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields from a line in the file. The pointer @@ -101,13 +101,14 @@ function adds the structure .I mnt to -the end of the open file -.IR fp . +the end of the open +.IR stream . .PP The .BR endmntent () -function closes the filesystem description file -.IR fp . +function closes the +.IR stream +associated with the filesystem description file. .PP The .BR hasmntopt () --- Cheers, Carlos. -- 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
