hpux man page for bufsplit

bufsplit(3G)															      bufsplit(3G)

NAME
       bufsplit() - split buffer into fields

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION
       examines  the  buffer,  buf,  and  assigns values to the pointer array, a, so that the pointers point to the first n fields in buf that are
       delimited by tabs or new-lines.

       To change the characters used to separate fields, call with buf pointing to the string of characters, and n and a set to zero.	For  exam-
       ple, to use ':', '.', and ',' as separators along with tab and new-line:

       To use this interface, link in the libgen library by specifying For example:

RETURN VALUE
       The number of fields assigned in the array a.  If buf is zero, the return value is zero and the array is unchanged.  Otherwise the value is
       at least one.  The remainder of the elements in the array are assigned the address of the null byte at the end of the buffer.

EXAMPLES
WARNINGS
       changes the delimiters to null bytes in buf.

SEE ALSO
       thread_safety(5).

																      bufsplit(3G)