--- _SB/Libc/stdlib/FreeBSD/getsubopt.3 2004-11-25 11:38:41.000000000 -0800
+++ _SB/Libc/stdlib/FreeBSD/getsubopt.3.edit 2006-06-28 16:55:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -44,23 +44,27 @@
.In stdlib.h
.Vt extern char *suboptarg ;
.Ft int
-.Fn getsubopt "char **optionp" "char * const *tokens" "char **valuep"
+.Fo getsubopt
+.Fa "char **optionp"
+.Fa "char *const *keylistp"
+.Fa "char **valuep"
+.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn getsubopt
function
-parses a string containing tokens delimited by one or more tab, space or
-comma
+parses a string containing tokens that are delimited
+by one or more tab, space, or comma
.Pq Ql \&,
characters.
-It is intended for use in parsing groups of option arguments provided
-as part of a utility command line.
+It is intended for use in parsing groups of option arguments
+that are provided as part of a utility command line.
.Pp
The argument
.Fa optionp
is a pointer to a pointer to the string.
The argument
-.Fa tokens
+.Fa keylistp
is a pointer to a
.Dv NULL Ns -terminated
array of pointers to strings.
@@ -69,10 +73,10 @@
.Fn getsubopt
function
returns the zero-based offset of the pointer in the
-.Fa tokens
-array referencing a string which matches the first token
-in the string, or, \-1 if the string contains no tokens or
-.Fa tokens
+.Fa keylistp
+array, referencing a string which matches the first token in the string
+ or \-1 if the string contains no tokens or
+.Fa keylistp
does not contain a matching string.
.Pp
If the token is of the form ``name=value'', the location referenced by
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@
if no ``value'' portion was present.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -compact
-char *tokens[] = {
+char *keylistp[] = {
#define ONE 0
"one",
#define TWO 1
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@
case 'b':
options = optarg;
while (*options) {
- switch(getsubopt(&options, tokens, &value)) {
+ switch(getsubopt(&options, keylistp, &value)) {
case ONE:
/* process ``one'' sub option */
break;