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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/bcmp.3 b/lib/libc/string/bcmp.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b02740 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/string/bcmp.3 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek. +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)bcmp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt BCMP 3 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm bcmp +.Nd compare byte string +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <string.h> +.Ft int +.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn bcmp +function +compares byte string +.Fa b1 +against byte string +.Fa b2 , +returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise. +Both strings are assumed to be +.Fa len +bytes long. +Zero-length strings are always identical. +.Pp +The strings may overlap. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bcmp 3 , +.Xr memcmp 3 , +.Xr strcasecmp 3 , +.Xr strcmp 3 , +.Xr strcoll 3 , +.Xr strxfrm 3 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn bcmp +function first appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . |