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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-05-06 11:21:26 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-05-06 11:21:26 +0000
commit7fb9948da81daf1ad41350f92cf40462e47b7f7d (patch)
tree5f2ab2187de4ae948092b3c65ba5391284348920 /man3/regex.3
parent8a5a735634d6518ceb9e846307c56a9dee9ec1be (diff)
Clarify description of 'rm_eo' field.
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@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ element that is not \-1 indicates the start offset of the next largest
substring match within the string.
The relative
.I rm_eo
-element indicates the end offset of the match.
+element indicates the end offset of the match,
+which is the offset of the first character after the matching text.
.SS "Posix Error Reporting"
.BR regerror ()
is used to turn the error codes that can be returned by both