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diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/tolower.3 b/lib/libc/locale/tolower.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a5cb819d7b44 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/locale/tolower.3 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information +.\" Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 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. +.\" 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 +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)tolower.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 25, 2010 +.Dt TOLOWER 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm tolower +.Nd upper case to lower case letter conversion +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In ctype.h +.Ft int +.Fn tolower "int c" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn tolower +function converts an upper-case letter to the corresponding lower-case +letter. +The argument must be representable as an +.Vt "unsigned char" +or the value of +.Dv EOF . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If the argument is an upper-case letter, the +.Fn tolower +function returns the corresponding lower-case letter if there is +one; otherwise, the argument is returned unchanged. +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +The +.Bx 4.4 +extension of accepting arguments outside of the range of the +.Vt "unsigned char" +type in locales with large character sets is considered obsolete +and may not be supported in future releases. +The +.Fn towlower +function should be used instead. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ctype 3 , +.Xr islower 3 , +.Xr towlower 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn tolower +function conforms to +.St -isoC . |