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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/string/strcmp.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/string/strcmp.3 | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3 b/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3 index 33db3c66c8be..08adad0cac0b 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" @(#)strcmp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd October 11, 2001 .Dt STRCMP 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -64,9 +64,16 @@ and .Pp The .Fn strncmp +function compares not more than .Fa len characters. +Because +.Fn strncmp +is designed for comparing strings rather than binary data, +characters that appear after a +.Ql \e0 +character are not compared. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn strcmp |