commit bash-20121207 snapshot

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtins/printf.def b/builtins/printf.def
index 6c45bdbb..aee76a5f 100644
--- a/builtins/printf.def
+++ b/builtins/printf.def
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ printf interprets:
   %(fmt)T output the date-time string resulting from using FMT as a format
         string for strftime(3)
 
+The format is re-used as necessary to consume all of the arguments.  If
+there are fewer arguments than the format requires,  extra format
+specifications behave as if a zero value or null string, as appropriate,
+had been supplied.
+
 Exit Status:
 Returns success unless an invalid option is given or a write or assignment
 error occurs.