bstring(3BSD)        (BSD System Compatibility)        bstring(3BSD)


       NAME
             bstring: bcopy, bcmp, bzero - (BSD) bit and byte string
             operations

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/cc [flag . . . ] file . . .
             void bcopy(const char *b1, const char *b2, int length);
             int bcmp(const char *b1, const char *b2, int length);
             void bzero(char *b, int length);

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

             bcopy copies length bytes from string b1 to the string b2.
             Overlapping strings are handled correctly.

             bcmp compares byte string b1 against byte string b2, returning
             zero if they are identical, 1 otherwise.  Both strings are
             assumed to be length bytes long.  bcmp of length zero bytes
             always returns zero.

             bzero places length 0 bytes in the string b.

       REFERENCES
             string(3BSD), string(3C)

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

















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