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2.6 KiB
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87 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Eric Anderson <anderson@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 16, 2007
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.Dt EXPAND_NUMBER 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm expand_number
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.Nd format a number from human readable form
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libutil
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In libutil.h
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.Ft int
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.Fo expand_number
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.Fa "const char *buf" "int64_t *num"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn expand_number
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function unformats the
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.Fa buf
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string and stores a signed 64-bit quantity at address pointed out by the
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.Fa num
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argument.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn expand_number
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function
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follows the SI power of two convention.
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.Pp
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The prefixes are:
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.Bl -column "Prefix" "Description" "1000000000000000000" -offset indent
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.It Sy "Prefix" Ta Sy "Description" Ta Sy "Multiplier"
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.It Li k Ta No kilo Ta 1024
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.It Li M Ta No mega Ta 1048576
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.It Li G Ta No giga Ta 1073741824
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.It Li T Ta No tera Ta 1099511627776
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.It Li P Ta No peta Ta 1125899906842624
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.It Li E Ta No exa Ta 1152921504606846976
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn expand_number
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function will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The given string contains no digits.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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An unrecognized prefix was given.
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.It Bq Er ERANGE
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Result doesn't fit into 64 bits.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr humanize_number 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn expand_number
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function first appeared in
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.Fx 6.3 .
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