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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
The function, <STRONG>new_field</STRONG>, <STRONG>dup_field</STRONG>, <STRONG>link_field</STRONG> return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>
- on error.
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- The function <STRONG>free_field</STRONG> returns one of the following:
+ on error. They set errno according to their success:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
+ <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
+ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
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<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
- System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
+ System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
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+ The function <STRONG>free_field</STRONG> returns one of the following:
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+ <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
- Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
+ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
+ <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
+ field is connected.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They
+ These routines emulate the System V forms library. They
were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
- It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied
+ It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied
by <STRONG><A HREF="dup_field.3x.html">dup_field(3x)</A></STRONG> being portable; the System V forms
- library documents are not very explicit on what gets
- copied and was not.
+ library documents are not very explicit about what gets
+ copied and what doesn't.
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
+ Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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