79 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
79 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Chris Torek.
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)bcmp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $NetBSD: bcmp.9,v 1.2 2001/09/04 02:48:40 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd July 7, 2001
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.Dt BCMP 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bcmp
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.Nd compare byte string
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <systm.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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The
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.Fn bcmp
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interface is obsolete.
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Do not add new code using it.
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It will soon be purged.
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Use
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.Xr memcmp 9
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instead.
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(The
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.Fn bcmp
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function is now a macro for
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.Xr memcmp 9 . )
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn bcmp
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function
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compares byte string
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.Fa b1
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against byte string
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.Fa b2 ,
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returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.
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Both strings are assumed to be
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.Fa len
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bytes long.
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Zero-length strings are always identical.
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.Pp
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The strings may overlap.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr memcmp 9
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