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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strlen.3 b/lib/libc/string/strlen.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..91b82a085b01 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/string/strlen.3 @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, +.\" on Information Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd April 3, 2022 +.Dt STRLEN 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm strlen , +.Nm strnlen +.Nd find length of string +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In string.h +.Ft size_t +.Fn strlen "const char *s" +.Ft size_t +.Fn strnlen "const char *s" "size_t maxlen" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn strlen +function +computes the length of the string +.Fa s . +The +.Fn strnlen +function attempts to compute the length of +.Fa s , +but never scans beyond the first +.Fa maxlen +bytes of +.Fa s . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn strlen +function +returns +the number of characters that precede the +terminating +.Dv NUL +character. +The +.Fn strnlen +function returns either the same result as +.Fn strlen +or +.Fa maxlen , +whichever is smaller. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr string 3 , +.Xr wcslen 3 , +.Xr wcswidth 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn strlen +function +conforms to +.St -isoC . +The +.Fn strnlen +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2008 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn strlen +function first appeared in the Programmer's Workbench (PWB/UNIX) +and was ported to +.At v7 . +The +.Fn strnlen +function first appeared in +.Fx 8.0 , +.Ox 4.8 , +and +.Nx 6.0 . |