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BLKEQU(3)

NAME

blkequ −  compare two contiguous blocks of memory for equality

SYNOPSIS

Bool blkequ(first, second, nbytes)
char ∗first;
char ∗second;
int nbytes;

DESCRIPTION

Blkequ compares two blocks of memory for equality.  Each block contains exactly nbytes bytes.  Blkequ returns FALSE if the two blocks differ, and TRUE if the blocks are equal.  Blkequ compares all byte values including null (zero). 

SEE ALSO

blkcopy(3), string(3)

BUGS

Blkequ does not check for valid memory addresses. 

December 01, 1986  —  Xinu Programmer’s Manual

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