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authorMatthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>2004-07-28 15:39:23 +0000
committerMatthias Clasen <matthiasc@src.gnome.org>2004-07-28 15:39:23 +0000
commite8622ec2ce12b84865dd92cbdb0f982cea7744f8 (patch)
tree6cfc7e5326d6e46af4f5afdb6fa53737e8c876c3 /docs
parent62004950ad0cf7017570cd22fa4de78176fc4f0c (diff)
Clarify docs for g_get_real_name(). (#143552, Danek Duvall)
2004-07-28 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> * glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml: Clarify docs for g_get_real_name(). (#143552, Danek Duvall)
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diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 396eb665c..1101c78f3 100644
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+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-28 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+ * glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml: Clarify docs for
+ g_get_real_name(). (#143552, Danek Duvall)
+
Fri Jul 23 10:39:40 2004 Matthias Clasen <maclas@gmx.de>
* glib/tmpl/limits.sgml: Fix the docs for G_MAXSIZE. (#148262,
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml
index 426c5fe3d..f74fb14c0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ Gets the user name of the current user.
<para>
Gets the real name of the user. This usually comes from the user's entry in the
<filename>passwd</filename> file. The encoding of the returned string is system
-defined.
+defined. If the real user name cannot be determined, the string "Unknown" is
+returned.
</para>
@Returns: the user's real name.