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30*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd March 12, 2005
31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt MEMMEM 3
32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm memmem
35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd locate substring in byte string
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In string.h
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft void *
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memmem "const void *block" "size_t blen" "const void *pat" "size_t plen"
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
43*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memmem
45*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction locates the first occurrence of the binary string
46*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa pat
47*2fe8fb19SBen Grasof size
48*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa plen
49*2fe8fb19SBen Grasbytes in the byte string
50*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa block
51*2fe8fb19SBen Grasof size
52*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa blen
53*2fe8fb19SBen Grasbytes.
54*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh RETURN VALUES
55*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
56*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memmem
57*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction returns a pointer to the substring located, or
58*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dv NULL
59*2fe8fb19SBen Grasif no such substring exists within
60*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa block .
61*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
62*2fe8fb19SBen GrasIf
63*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa plen
64*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis zero,
65*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa block
66*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis returned, i.e. a zero length
67*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa pat
68*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis deemed to match the start of the string, as with
69*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strstr 3 .
70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
71*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr bm 3 ,
72*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memchr 3 ,
73*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strchr 3 ,
74*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strstr 3
75*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh STANDARDS
76*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
77*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memmem
78*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction is not currently standardized.
79*2fe8fb19SBen GrasHowever, it is meant to be API compatible with functions in
80*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fx
81*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand Linux.
82*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
83*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memmem
84*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfirst appeared in the Free Software Foundation's glibc library.
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