85 lines
2.5 KiB
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85 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: memmem.3,v 1.3 2008/04/30 13:10:51 martin Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Perry E. Metzger of Metzger, Dowdeswell & Co. LLC.
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.\"
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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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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd March 12, 2005
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.Dt MEMMEM 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm memmem
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.Nd locate substring in byte string
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In string.h
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.Ft void *
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.Fn memmem "const void *block" "size_t blen" "const void *pat" "size_t plen"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn memmem
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function locates the first occurrence of the binary string
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.Fa pat
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of size
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.Fa plen
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bytes in the byte string
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.Fa block
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of size
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.Fa blen
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bytes.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn memmem
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function returns a pointer to the substring located, or
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.Dv NULL
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if no such substring exists within
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.Fa block .
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa plen
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is zero,
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.Fa block
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is returned, i.e. a zero length
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.Fa pat
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is deemed to match the start of the string, as with
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.Xr strstr 3 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bm 3 ,
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.Xr memchr 3 ,
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.Xr strchr 3 ,
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.Xr strstr 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn memmem
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function is not currently standardized.
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However, it is meant to be API compatible with functions in
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.Fx
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and Linux.
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Fn memmem
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first appeared in the Free Software Foundation's glibc library.
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