NAME
bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs - bit and byte string operations
SYNOPSIS
void bcopy(src, dst, length)
const void *src;
void *dst;
size_t length;
int bcmp(b1, b2, length)
const void *b1, *b2;
size_t length;
void bzero(b, length)
void *b;
size_t length;
int ffs(i)
int i;
DESCRIPTION
The functions bcopy, bcmp, and bzero operate on variable
length
strings of bytes. They do not check for null bytes as the
routines
in string(3) do.
Bcopy copies length bytes from string src to the string dst.
Bcmp compares byte string b1
against byte string b2, returning zero
if they are identical, non-zero otherwise. Both strings are
assumed to be length bytes long. Bcmp of length zero bytes
always
returns zero.
Bzero places length 0 bytes in the string b1.
Ffs finds the first bit set in
the argument passed it and returns
the index of that bit. Bits are numbered starting at 1, from
the
right. A return value of 0 indicates the value passed is
zero.
BUGS
The bcopy routine take parameters backwards from strcpy.