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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/strlen.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/strlen.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/strlen.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..18569d58 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/strlen.3 @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: strlen.3,v 1.14 2022/07/31 14:50:32 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: July 31 2022 $ +.Dt STRLEN 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm strlen , +.Nm strnlen +.Nd find length of a string +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In string.h +.Ft size_t +.Fn strlen "const char *s" +.Ft size_t +.Fn strnlen "const char *s" "size_t maxlen" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn strlen +function computes the length of the string +.Fa s . +.Pp +The +.Fn strnlen +function computes the length of the string +.Fa s , +up to +.Fa maxlen +characters. +The +.Fn strnlen +function will never attempt to address more than +.Fa maxlen +characters, making it suitable for use with character arrays that are +not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn strlen +function returns the number of characters that precede the terminating +.Tn NUL +character. +.Pp +The +.Fn strnlen +function returns the number of characters that precede the terminating +.Tn NUL +or +.Fa maxlen , +whichever is smaller. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr wcslen 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn strlen +function conforms to +.St -ansiC . +.Pp +The +.Fn strlen +and +.Fn strnlen +functions conform to +.St -p1003.1-2008 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn strlen +function first appeared in +.At v6 . +The +.Fn strnlen +function appeared in glibc 2.0 +and was reimplemented for +.Ox 4.8 . |
