diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man3p/memcmp.3p')
-rw-r--r-- | man3p/memcmp.3p | 61 |
1 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man3p/memcmp.3p b/man3p/memcmp.3p new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e0e0c8aa --- /dev/null +++ b/man3p/memcmp.3p @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "MEMCMP" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" memcmp +.SH NAME +memcmp \- compare bytes in memory +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <string.h> +.br +.sp +int memcmp(const void *\fP\fIs1\fP\fB, const void *\fP\fIs2\fP\fB, +size_t\fP \fIn\fP\fB); +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fImemcmp\fP() function shall compare the first \fIn\fP bytes +(each interpreted as \fBunsigned char\fP) of the object +pointed to by \fIs1\fP to the first \fIn\fP bytes of the object pointed +to by \fIs2\fP. +.LP +The sign of a non-zero return value shall be determined by the sign +of the difference between the values of the first pair of +bytes (both interpreted as type \fBunsigned char\fP) that differ in +the objects being compared. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +The \fImemcmp\fP() function shall return an integer greater than, +equal to, or less than 0, if the object pointed to by +\fIs1\fP is greater than, equal to, or less than the object pointed +to by \fIs2\fP, respectively. +.SH ERRORS +.LP +No errors are defined. +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +None. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +The Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<string.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |