From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:35:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (apply_suffix): Comment.
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0n~60
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2315cbdeaa313420942c5dc7730e46d737ed5be0;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(apply_suffix): Comment.
---

diff --git a/src/sleep.c b/src/sleep.c
index 5d4596414f..27385aea71 100644
--- a/src/sleep.c
+++ b/src/sleep.c
@@ -83,11 +83,14 @@ point number.\n\
     }
   exit (status);
 }
-
-/* FIXME: describe */
+/* Given a floating point value *X, and a suffix character, SUFFIX_CHAR,
+   scale *X by the multiplier implied by SUFFIX_CHAR.  SUFFIX_CHAR may
+   be the NUL byte or `s' to denote seconds, `m' for minutes, `h' for
+   hours, or `d' for days.  If SUFFIX_CHAR is invalid, don't modify *X
+   and return nonzero.  Otherwise return zero.  */
 
 static int
-apply_suffix (double *s, char suffix_char)
+apply_suffix (double *x, char suffix_char)
 {
   unsigned int multiplier;
 
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ apply_suffix (double *s, char suffix_char)
   if (multiplier == 0)
     return 1;
 
-  *s *= multiplier;
+  *x *= multiplier;
 
   return 0;
 }