From 470523cdad6c92d3b88a82f5e476cd4a4c61bcd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "C. McEnroe" Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 21:40:50 -0500 Subject: Convert zlib.h comments to mdoc --- gzprintf.3 | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gzprintf.3 (limited to 'gzprintf.3') diff --git a/gzprintf.3 b/gzprintf.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..26961f34 --- /dev/null +++ b/gzprintf.3 @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +.Dd January 15, 2017 +.Dt GZPRINTF 3 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm gzprintf +.Nd format output to compressed file +. +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libz +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In zlib.h +.Ft int +.Fn gzprintf "gzFile file" "const char *format" "..." +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Converts, formats, and writes the arguments +to the compressed file +under control of the format string, +as in +.Xr fprintf 3 . +. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn gzprintf +returns the number of +uncompressed bytes actually written, +or a negative zlib error code +in case of error. +The number of uncompressed bytes written +is limited to 8191, +or one less than the buffer size given to +.Xr gzbuffer 3 . +The caller should assure that +this limit is not exceeded. +If it is exceeded, +then +.Fn gzprintf +will return an error (0) +with nothing written. +In this case, +there may also be a buffer overflow +with unpredictable consequences, +which is possibly only if zlib +was compiled with the insecure functions +.Xr sprintf 3 +or +.Xr vsprintf 3 +because the secure +.Xr snprintf 3 +or +.Xr vsnprintf 3 +functions +were not available. +This can be determined using +.Xr zlibCompileFlags 3 . +. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fprintf 3 , +.Xr gzerror 3 , +.Xr gzopen 3 +. +.Sh HISTORY +This manual page was converted from +.In zlib.h +to mdoc format by +.An C. McEnroe Aq Mt june@causal.agency . +. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Jean-loup Gailly Aq Mt jloup@gzip.org +.An Mark Adler Aq Mt madler@alumni.caltech.edu -- cgit 1.4.1