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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man3/memcmp.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/memcmp.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/memcmp.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ace8f792 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/memcmp.3 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: memcmp.3,v 1.11 2024/12/11 23:28:20 jsg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, +.\" on Information Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 11 2024 $ +.Dt MEMCMP 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm memcmp +.Nd compare byte string +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In string.h +.Ft int +.Fn memcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn memcmp +function compares byte string +.Fa b1 +against byte string +.Fa b2 . +Both strings are assumed to be +.Fa len +bytes long. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn memcmp +function returns zero if the two strings are identical, +otherwise returns the difference between the first two differing bytes +(treated as +.Vt unsigned char +values, so that +.Sq Li \e200 +is greater than +.Sq Li \&\e0 , +for example). +Zero-length strings are always identical. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bcmp 3 , +.Xr strcasecmp 3 , +.Xr strcmp 3 , +.Xr strcoll 3 , +.Xr strxfrm 3 , +.Xr timingsafe_memcmp 3 , +.Xr wmemcmp 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn memcmp +function conforms to +.St -ansiC . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn memcmp +function first appeared in +.At V +and was reimplemented for +.Bx 4.3 . |
