BLKEQU(3) Xinu Programmer's Manual BLKEQU(3) NAME blkequ - compare two contiguous blocks of memory for equal- ity SYNOPSIS Bool blkequ(first, second, nbytes) char *first; char *second; int nbytes; DESCRIPTION _B_l_k_e_q_u compares two blocks of memory for equality. Each block contains exactly _n_b_y_t_e_s bytes. _B_l_k_e_q_u returns FALSE if the two blocks differ, and TRUE if the blocks are equal. _B_l_k_e_q_u compares all byte values including null (zero). SEE ALSO blkcopy(3), string(3) BUGS _B_l_k_e_q_u does not check for valid memory addresses. Version 6b Printed 1/12/87 1