[bug-gettext] GNU gettext plural forms manual page uses incorrect '%$2d' instead of correct '%2$d'

[Jonathan Leffler]

In the GNU gettext utilities manual at: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html, there is the suggested function call:

printf (ngettext ("%$2d file removed from directory %$1s",
                  "%$2d files removed from directory %$1s",
                  n),
        dir, n);

However, both POSIX (http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html) and the cross-referenced 'C format strings' (https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/c_002dformat.html#c_002dformat) show that it should be 'n$' rather than '$n' — that is, the correct call should be:

printf (ngettext ("%2$d file removed from directory %1$s",
                  "%2$d files removed from directory %1$s",
                  n),
        dir, n);

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