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stdio/fputs.3 Libc-763.13 Libc-262
--- Libc/Libc-763.13/stdio/fputs.3
+++ Libc/Libc-262/stdio/fputs.3
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\"	This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\"	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
 .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 .\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)fputs.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3,v 1.14 2007/04/19 14:01:04 phk Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/fputs.3,v 1.8 2001/10/01 16:08:59 ru Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 4, 1993
 .Dt FPUTS 3
@@ -44,19 +48,14 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In stdio.h
 .Ft int
-.Fo fputs
-.Fa "const char *restrict s"
-.Fa "FILE *restrict stream"
-.Fc
+.Fn fputs "const char *str" "FILE *stream"
 .Ft int
-.Fo puts
-.Fa "const char *s"
-.Fc
+.Fn puts "const char *str"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The function
 .Fn fputs
 writes the string pointed to by
-.Fa s
+.Fa str
 to the stream pointed to by
 .Fa stream .
 .\" The terminating
@@ -66,16 +65,19 @@
 The function
 .Fn puts
 writes the string
-.Fa s ,
+.Fa str ,
 and a terminating newline character,
 to the stream
-.Dv stdout .
+.Em stdout .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-The functions
+The
 .Fn fputs
-and
+function
+returns 0 on success and
+.Dv EOF
+on error;
 .Fn puts
-return a nonnegative integer on success and
+returns a nonnegative integer on success and
 .Dv EOF
 on error.
 .Sh ERRORS
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
 .It Bq Er EBADF
 The
 .Fa stream
-argument
+supplied
 is not a writable stream.
 .El
 .Pp
@@ -95,17 +97,8 @@
 .Va errno
 for any of the errors specified for the routines
 .Xr write 2 .
-.Sh COMPATIBILITY
-.Fn fputs
-now returns a non-negative number (as opposed to 0)
-on successful completion.
-As a result, many tests (e.g., "fputs() == 0", "fputs() != 0")
-do not give the desired result.
-Use "fputs() != EOF" or "fputs() == EOF"
-to determine success or failure.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ferror 3 ,
-.Xr fputws 3 ,
 .Xr putc 3 ,
 .Xr stdio 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
@@ -115,13 +108,3 @@
 .Fn puts
 conform to
 .St -isoC .
-While not mentioned in the standard, both
-.Fn fputs
-and
-.Fn puts
-print
-.Ql (null)
-if
-.Fa str
-is
-.Dv NULL .