bstring(3)                                             bstring(3)



NAME
     bcopy, bcmp, bzero - bit and byte string operations

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>

     int bcopy(b1, b2, length)
     char *b1, *b2;
     int length;

     int bcmp(b1, b2, length)
     char *b1, *b2;
     int length;

     int bzero(b, length)
     char *b;
     int length;

DESCRIPTION
     The macro bcopy, and the functions bcmp and bzero operate on
     variable length strings of bytes.  They do not check for
     null bytes as the routines in string(3C) do.

     bcopy copies length bytes from string b1 to the string b2.

     bcmp compares byte string b1 against byte string b2,
     returning zero if they are identical, nonzero otherwise.
     Both strings are assumed to be length bytes long.

     bzero places length 0 bytes in the string b1.

LIMITATIONS
     The bcmp and bcopy routines take parameters backwards from
     strcmp and strcpy.

FILES
     /usr/include/sys/param.h
SEE ALSO
     memory(3C), string(3)
















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