<strings.h>(P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						    <strings.h>(P)

NAME

       strings.h - string operations

SYNOPSIS

       #include <strings.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.

	      int    bcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t); (LEGACY )
	      void   bcopy(const void *, void *, size_t); (LEGACY )
	      void   bzero(void *, size_t); (LEGACY )
	      int    ffs(int);
	      char  *index(const char *, int); (LEGACY )
	      char  *rindex(const char *, int); (LEGACY )
	      int    strcasecmp(const char *, const char *);
	      int    strncasecmp(const char *, const char *, size_t);

       The size_t type shall be defined through typedef as described in <stddef.h> .

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       <stddef.h> , the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, ffs(), strcasecmp(), strncasecmp()

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- 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 .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003							    <strings.h>(P)