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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/strncmp.3p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/strncmp.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2b09639 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/strncmp.3p @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "STRNCMP" 3P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" strncmp +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.SH NAME +strncmp \- compare part of two strings +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <string.h> +.br +.sp +int strncmp(const char *\fP\fIs1\fP\fB, const char *\fP\fIs2\fP\fB, +size_t\fP \fIn\fP\fB); +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIstrncmp\fP() function shall compare not more than \fIn\fP bytes +(bytes that follow a null byte are not compared) from +the array pointed to by \fIs1\fP to the array pointed to by \fIs2\fP. +.LP +The sign of a non-zero return value is 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 +strings being compared. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Upon successful completion, \fIstrncmp\fP() shall return an integer +greater than, equal to, or less than 0, if the possibly +null-terminated array pointed to by \fIs1\fP is greater than, equal +to, or less than the possibly null-terminated array 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 +\fIstrcmp\fP(), 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 . |