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49 .Nd byte string operations
51 .Fd #include <string.h>
53 .Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
55 .Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
57 .Fn bzero "void *b" "size_t len"
59 .Fn memchr "const void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
61 .Fn memcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
63 .Fn memccpy "void *dst" "const void *src" "int c" "size_t len"
65 .Fn memcpy "void *dst" "const void *src" "size_t len"
67 .Fn memmove "void *dst" "const void *src" "size_t len"
69 .Fn memset "void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
71 These functions operate on variable length strings of bytes.
72 They do not check for terminating null bytes as the routines
77 See the specific manual pages for more information.