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32.Dd April 19, 1991
33.Dt BSTRING 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm bstring
37.Nd byte string operations
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Fd #include <string.h>
40.Ft int
41.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
42.Ft void
43.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
44.Ft void
45.Fn bzero "void *b" "size_t len"
46.Ft void *
47.Fn memchr "const void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
48.Ft int
49.Fn memcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
50.Ft void *
51.Fn memccpy "void *dst" "const void *src" "int c" "size_t len"
52.Ft void *
53.Fn memcpy "void *dst" "const void *src" "size_t len"
54.Ft void *
55.Fn memmove "void *dst" "const void *src" "size_t len"
56.Ft void *
57.Fn memset "void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59These functions operate on variable length strings of bytes.
60They do not check for terminating NUL bytes as the routines
61listed in
62.Xr string 3
63do.
64.Pp
65See the specific manual pages for more information.
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr bcmp 3 ,
68.Xr bcopy 3 ,
69.Xr bzero 3 ,
70.Xr memccpy 3 ,
71.Xr memchr 3 ,
72.Xr memcmp 3 ,
73.Xr memcpy 3 ,
74.Xr memmove 3 ,
75.Xr memset 3
76.Sh STANDARDS
77The functions
78.Fn memchr ,
79.Fn memcmp ,
80.Fn memcpy ,
81.Fn memmove ,
82and
83.Fn memset
84conform to
85.St -ansiC .
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Fn bzero
89and
90.Fn memccpy
91functions appeared in
92.Bx 4.3 .
93The
94.Fn bcmp
95and
96.Fn bcopy
97functions appeared in
98.Bx 4.2 .
99