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Add reminder to return memory allocated by this call.

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Warner Losh 1998-12-16 04:39:23 +00:00
parent 766e996f98
commit 81e4e6a2d6
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=41841
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lib/libc/gen/setmode.3
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@ -81,10 +81,19 @@ is to modify future file modes correctly.
.Pp
If the mode passed to
.Fn setmode
is invalid,
is invalid or if memory cannot be allocated for the return value,
.Fn setmode
returns
.Dv NULL .
.Pp
The value returned from
.Fn setmode
is obtained from
.Fn malloc
and should be returned to the system with
.Fn free
when the program is done with it, generally after a call to
.Fn getmode .
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn setmode