Re: [PATCH v2] EXIT_SUCCESS.3const EXIT_FAILURE.3const: Add pages

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Hi Thomas,

You missed a few comments in v3.  Please check below.
But mostly looks good.

Cheers,
Alex

On 11/17/22 01:19, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
diff --git a/man3const/EXIT_FAILURE.3const b/man3const/EXIT_FAILURE.3const
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba0d62df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man3const/EXIT_FAILURE.3const
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.so man3const/EXIT_SUCCESS.3const
diff --git a/man3const/EXIT_SUCCESS.3const b/man3const/EXIT_SUCCESS.3const
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f125afb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man3const/EXIT_SUCCESS.3const
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 2022 by Thomas Voss <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\"
+.TH EXIT_SUCCESS 3const (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+EXIT_SUCCESS, EXIT_FAILURE \- termination status constants
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <stdlib.h>
+.PP
+.BR "#define EXIT_SUCCESS "  0

I prefer 2 spaces between the macro name and the expansion, so please one more space before the quote.

this


+.BR "#define EXIT_FAILURE "  /* nonzero */

"/* nonzero */" needs to be quoted too.

this


+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B EXIT_SUCCESS
+and
+.B EXIT_FAILURE
+represent a successful and unsuccessful exit status respectively and can be used
+as arguments to the
+.BR exit ()

.BR exit (3)

this


+function.
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+C99 and later;
+POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.\" SRC BEGIN (EXIT_SUCCESS.c)
+.EX
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    FILE *fp;
+
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <file>\en", argv[0]);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    if ((fp = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL) {
+        perror(argv[1]);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    /* Other code omitted */
+
+    fclose(fp);
+    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+.EE
+.\" SRC END
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR exit (3)

Also interesting:

.BR sysexits.h (3head)

Cheers,

Alex



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