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1.1     ! root        1: .TH BSTRING 3  "4 March 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs \- bit and byte string operations
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B bcopy(b1, b2, length)
        !             8: .B char *b1, *b2;
        !             9: .B int length;
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B bcmp(b1, b2, length)
        !            12: .B char *b1, *b2;
        !            13: .B int length;
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: .B bzero(b, length)
        !            16: .B char *b;
        !            17: .B int length;
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .B ffs(i)
        !            20: .B int i;
        !            21: .fi
        !            22: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            23: The functions
        !            24: .IR bcopy ,
        !            25: .IR bcmp ,
        !            26: and
        !            27: .I bzero
        !            28: operate on variable length strings of bytes.
        !            29: They do not check for null bytes as the routines in
        !            30: .IR string (3)
        !            31: do.
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: .I Bcopy
        !            34: copies 
        !            35: .I length
        !            36: bytes from string
        !            37: .I b1
        !            38: to the string
        !            39: .IR b2 .
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: .I Bcmp
        !            42: compares byte string
        !            43: .I b1
        !            44: against byte string
        !            45: .IR b2 ,
        !            46: returning zero if they are identical,
        !            47: non-zero otherwise.  Both strings are
        !            48: assumed to be
        !            49: .I length
        !            50: bytes long.
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: .I Bzero
        !            53: places
        !            54: .I length
        !            55: 0 bytes in the string
        !            56: .IR b1 .
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: .I Ffs
        !            59: find the first bit set in the argument passed it and
        !            60: returns the index of that bit.  Bits are numbered
        !            61: starting at 1.  A return value of \-1 indicates the
        !            62: value passed is zero.
        !            63: .SH BUGS
        !            64: The
        !            65: .I bcmp
        !            66: and 
        !            67: .I bcopy
        !            68: routines take parameters backwards from
        !            69: .I strcmp
        !            70: and
        !            71: .IR strcpy .

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