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diff --git a/doc/manpage.d/ipsec_ultoa.3.html b/doc/manpage.d/ipsec_ultoa.3.html deleted file mode 100644 index 7669dce52..000000000 --- a/doc/manpage.d/ipsec_ultoa.3.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,266 +0,0 @@ -Content-type: text/html - -<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of IPSEC_ATOUL</TITLE> -</HEAD><BODY> -<H1>IPSEC_ATOUL</H1> -Section: C Library Functions (3)<BR>Updated: 11 June 2001<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A> -<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR> - - -<A NAME="lbAB"> </A> -<H2>NAME</H2> - -ipsec atoul, ultoa - convert unsigned-long numbers to and from ASCII -<A NAME="lbAC"> </A> -<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> - -<B>#include <<A HREF="file:/usr/include/freeswan.h">freeswan.h</A>></B> - -<P> -<B>const char *atoul(const char *src, size_t srclen,</B> - -<BR> - -<B>int base, unsigned long *n);</B> - -<BR> - -<B>size_t ultoa(unsigned long n, int base, char *dst,</B> - -<BR> - -<B>size_t dstlen);</B> - -<A NAME="lbAD"> </A> -<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> - -These functions are obsolete; see -<I><A HREF="ipsec_ttoul.3.html">ipsec_ttoul</A></I>(3) - -for their replacements. -<P> - -<I>Atoul</I> - -converts an ASCII number into a binary -<B>unsigned long</B> - -value. -<I>Ultoa</I> - -does the reverse conversion, back to an ASCII version. -<P> - -Numbers are specified in ASCII as -decimal (e.g. -<B>123</B>), - -octal with a leading zero (e.g. -<B>012</B>, - -which has value 10), -or hexadecimal with a leading -<B>0x</B> - -(e.g. -<B>0x1f</B>, - -which has value 31) -in either upper or lower case. -<P> - -The -<I>srclen</I> - -parameter of -<I>atoul</I> - -specifies the length of the ASCII string pointed to by -<I>src</I>; - -it is an error for there to be anything else -(e.g., a terminating NUL) within that length. -As a convenience for cases where an entire NUL-terminated string is -to be converted, -a -<I>srclen</I> - -value of -<B>0</B> - -is taken to mean -<B>strlen(src)</B>. - -<P> - -The -<I>base</I> - -parameter of -<I>atoul</I> - -can be -<B>8</B>, - -<B>10</B>, - -or -<B>16</B>, - -in which case the number supplied is assumed to be of that form -(and in the case of -<B>16</B>, - -to lack any -<B>0x</B> - -prefix). -It can also be -<B>0</B>, - -in which case the number is examined for a leading zero -or a leading -<B>0x</B> - -to determine its base, -or -<B>13</B> - -(halfway between 10 and 16), -which has the same effect as -<B>0</B> - -except that a non-hexadecimal -number is considered decimal regardless of any leading zero. -<P> - -The -<I>dstlen</I> - -parameter of -<I>ultoa</I> - -specifies the size of the -<I>dst</I> - -parameter; -under no circumstances are more than -<I>dstlen</I> - -bytes written to -<I>dst</I>. - -A result which will not fit is truncated. -<I>Dstlen</I> - -can be zero, in which case -<I>dst</I> - -need not be valid and no result is written, -but the return value is unaffected; -in all other cases, the (possibly truncated) result is NUL-terminated. -<P> - -The -<I>base</I> - -parameter of -<I>ultoa</I> - -must be -<B>8</B>, - -<B>10</B>, - -or -<B>16</B>. - -<P> - -<I>Atoul</I> - -returns NULL for success and -a pointer to a string-literal error message for failure; -see DIAGNOSTICS. -<I>Ultoa</I> - -returns the size of buffer which would -be needed to -accommodate the full conversion result, including terminating NUL; -it is the caller's responsibility to check this against the size of -the provided buffer to determine whether truncation has occurred. -<A NAME="lbAE"> </A> -<H2>SEE ALSO</H2> - -<A HREF="atol.3.html">atol</A>(3), <A HREF="strtoul.3.html">strtoul</A>(3) -<A NAME="lbAF"> </A> -<H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2> - -Fatal errors in -<I>atoul</I> - -are: -empty input; -unknown -<I>base</I>; - -non-digit character found; -number too large for an -<B>unsigned long</B>. - -<A NAME="lbAG"> </A> -<H2>HISTORY</H2> - -Written for the FreeS/WAN project by Henry Spencer. -<A NAME="lbAH"> </A> -<H2>BUGS</H2> - -There is no provision for reporting an invalid -<I>base</I> - -parameter given to -<I>ultoa</I>. - -<P> - -The restriction of error reports to literal strings -(so that callers don't need to worry about freeing them or copying them) -does limit the precision of error reporting. -<P> - -The error-reporting convention lends itself to slightly obscure code, -because many readers will not think of NULL as signifying success. -A good way to make it clearer is to write something like: -<P> - -<DL COMPACT><DT><DD> -<PRE> -<B>const char *error;</B> - -<B>error = atoul( /* ... */ );</B> -<B>if (error != NULL) {</B> -<B> /* something went wrong */</B> -</PRE> - -</DL> - -<P> - -<HR> -<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2> -<DL> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">SEE ALSO</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">DIAGNOSTICS</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">HISTORY</A><DD> -<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD> -</DL> -<HR> -This document was created by -<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>, -using the manual pages.<BR> -Time: 21:40:18 GMT, November 11, 2003 -</BODY> -</HTML> |