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Copies characters sequentially between strings in memory areas.
#include <string.h>Function Variants The memccpy function has variants named _memccpy32 and _memccpy64 for use with 32-bit and 64-bit pointer sizes, respectively. See Section 1.10 for more information on using pointer-size-specific functions.void *memccpy (void *dest, void *source, int c, size_t n);
dest
A pointer to the location of a destination string.source
A pointer to the location of a source string.c
A character that you want to search for.n
The number of charcter you want to copy.
The memccpy function operates on strings in memory areas. A memory area is a group of contiguous characters bound by a count and not terminated by a null character. The function does not check for overflow of the receiving memory area. The memccpy function is defined in the <string.h> header file.The memccpy function sequentially copies characters from the location pointed to by source into the location pointed to by dest until one of the following occurs:
- The character specified by c (converted to an unsigned char ) is copied.
- The number of characters specified by n is copied.
x A pointer to the character following the character specified by c in the string pointed to by dest. NULL Indicates an error. The character c is not found after scanning n characters in the string.
Locates the first occurrence of the specified byte within the initial size bytes of a given object.
#include <string.h>Function Variants The memchr function has variants named _memchr32 and _memchr64 for use with 32-bit and 64-bit pointer sizes, respectively. See Section 1.10 for more information on using pointer-size-specific functions.void *memchr (const void *s1, int c, size_t size);
s1
A pointer to the object to be searched.c
The byte value to be located.size
The length of the object to be searched.If size is zero, memchr returns NULL.
Unlike strchr , the memchr function does not stop when it encounters a null character.
pointer A pointer to the first occurrence of the byte. NULL Indicates that the specified byte does not occur in the object.
Compares two objects, byte by byte. The compare operation starts with the first byte in each object.
#include <string.h>int memcmp (const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t size);
s1
A pointer to the first object.s2
A pointer to the second object.size
The length of the objects to be compared.If size is zero, the two objects are considered equal.
The memcmp function uses native byte comparison. The sign of the value returned is determined by the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of unlike bytes in the objects being compared. Unlike the strcmp function, the memcmp function does not stop when a null character is encountered.
x An integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0, depending on whether the lexical value of the first object is less than, equal to, or greater than that of the second object.
Copies a specified number of bytes from one object to another.
#include <string.h>Function Variants The memcpy function has variants named _memcpy32 and _memcpy64 for use with 32-bit and 64-bit pointer sizes, respectively. See Section 1.10 for more information on using pointer-size-specific functions.void *memcpy (void *dest, const void *source, size_t size);
dest
A pointer to the destination object.source
A pointer to the source object.size
The length of the object to be copied.
The memcpy function copies size bytes from the object pointed to by source to the object pointed to by dest; it does not check for the overflow of the receiving memory area (dest). Unlike the strcpy function, the memcpy function does not stop when a null character is encountered.
x The value of dest.
Copies a specified number of bytes from one object to another.
#include <string.h>Function Variants The memmove function has variants named _memmove32 and _memmove64 for use with 32-bit and 64-bit pointer sizes, respectively. See Section 1.10 for more information on using pointer-size-specific functions.void *memmove (void *dest, const void *source, size_t size);
dest
A pointer to the destination object.source
A pointer to the source object.size
The length of the object to be copied.
In HP C for OpenVMS Systems, memmove and memcpy perform the same function. Programs that require portability should use memmove if the area pointed at by dest could overlap the area pointed at by source.
x The value of dest.
#include <string.h> #include <stdio.h> main() { char pdest[14] = "hello there"; char *psource = "you are there"; memmove(pdest, psource, 7); printf("%s\n", pdest); }This example produces the following output:
you are there
Sets a specified number of bytes in a given object to a given value.
#include <string.h>Function Variants The memset function has variants named _memset32 and _memset64 for use with 32-bit and 64-bit pointer sizes, respectively. See Section 1.10 for more information on using pointer-size-specific functions.void *memset (void *s, int value, size_t size);
s
An array pointer.value
The value to be placed in s.size
The number of bytes to be placed in s.
The memset function copies value (converted to an unsigned char ) into each of the first size characters of the object pointed to by s.This function returns s. It does not check for the overflow of the receiving memory area pointed to by s.
x The value of s.
Creates a directory.
#include <stat.h>int mkdir (const char *dir_spec, mode_t mode); (ISO POSIX-1)
int mkdir (const char *dir_spec, mode_t mode, ...); (HP C EXTENSION)
dir_spec
A valid OpenVMS or UNIX style directory specification that may contain a device name. For example:
DBA0:[BAY.WINDOWS] /* OpenVMS */ /dba0/bay/windows /* UNIX style */This specification cannot contain a node name, file name, file extension, file version, or a wildcard character. The same restriction applies to the UNIX style directory specifications. For more information about the restrictions on UNIX style specifications, see Chapter 1.
mode
A file protection. See the chmod function in this section for information about the specific file protections.The file protection of the new directory is derived from the mode argument, the process's file protection mask (see the umask function), and the parent-directory default protections.
In a manner consistent with the OpenVMS behavior for creating directories, mkdir never applies delete access to the directory. An application that needs to set delete access should use an explicit call to chmod to set write permission.
See the Description section of this function for more information about how the file protection is set for the newly created directory.
...
Represents the following optional arguments. These arguments have fixed position in the argument list, and cannot be arbitrarily placed.unsigned int uic
The user identification code (UIC) that identifies the owner of the created directory. If this argument is 0, the HP C RTL gives the created directory the UIC of the parent directory. If this argument is not specified, the HP C RTL gives the created directory your UIC. This optional argument is specific to the HP C RTL and is not portable.
unsigned short max_versions
The maximum number of file versions to be retained in the created directory. The system automatically purges the directory keeping, at most, max_versions number of every file.
If this argument is 0, the HP C RTL does not place a limit on the maximum number of file versions.
If this argument is not specified, the HP C RTL gives the created directory the default version limit of the parent directory.
This optional argument is specific to the HP C RTL and is not portable.
unsigned short r_v_number
The volume (device) on which to place the created directory if the device is part of a volume set. If this argument is not specified, the HP C RTL arbitrarily places the created directory within the volume set. This optional argument is specific to the HP C RTL and is not portable.
If dir_spec specifies a path that includes directories, which do not exist, intermediate directories are also created. This differs from the behavior of the UNIX system where these intermediate directories must exist and will not be created.If you do not specify any optional arguments, the HP C RTL gives the directory your UIC and the default version limit of the parent directory, and arbitrarily places the directory within the volume set. You cannot get the default behavior for the uic or max_versions arguments if you specify any arguments after them.
Note
The way to create files with OpenVMS RMS default protections using the UNIX system-call functions umask , mkdir , creat , and open is to call mkdir , creat , and open with a file-protection mode argument of 0777 in a program that never specifically calls umask . These default protections include correctly establishing protections based on ACLs, previous versions of files, and so on.
In programs that do vfork / exec calls, the new process image inherits whether umask has ever been called or not from the calling process image. The umask setting and whether the umask function has ever been called are both inherited attributes.The file protection supplied by the mode argument is modified by the process's file protection mask in such a way that the file protection for the new directory is set to the bitwise AND of the mode argument and the complement of the file protection mask.
Default file protections are supplied to the new directory from the parent-directory such that if a protection value bit in the new directory is zero, then the value of this bit is inherited from the parent directory. However, bits in the parent directory's file protection that indicate delete access do not cause corresponding bits to be set in the new directory's file protection.
0 Indicates success. - 1 Indicates failure.
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umask (0002); /* turn world write access off */
mkdir ("sys$disk:[.parentdir.childdir]", 0222); /* turn write
access on */
Parent directory file protection: System:RWD, Owner:RWD, Group:R,
World:R
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The file protection derived from the combination of the mode argument and the file protection mask set by umask is (0222) & ~(0002), which is 0220. When the parent directory defaults are applied to this protection, the protection for the new directory becomes:
File protection: System:RWD, Owner:RWD, Group:RWD, World:R
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umask (0000);
mkdir ("sys$disk:[.parentdir.childdir]", 0444); /* turn read
access on */
Parent directory file protection: System:RWD, Owner:RWD,
Group:RWD, World:RWD
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The file protection derived from the combination of the mode argument and the file protection mask set by umask is (0444) & ~(0000), which is 0444. When the parent directory defaults are applied to this protection, the protection for the new directory is:
File protection: System:RW, Owner:RW, Group:RW, World:RWNote that delete access is not inherited.
Constructs a unique file name.
#include <stdlib.h>int mkstemp (char *template);
template
A pointer to a string that is replaced with a unique file name. The string in the template argument must be a file name with six trailing Xs.
The mkstemp function replaces the six trailing Xs of the string pointed to by template with a unique set of characters, and returns a file descriptor for the file open for reading and writing.The string pointed to by template should look like a file name with six trailing X's. The mkstemp function replaces each X with a character from the portable file-name character set, making sure not to duplicate an existing file name.
If the string pointed to by template does not contain six trailing Xs, - 1 is returned.
x An open file descriptor. - 1 Indicates an error. (The string pointed to by template does not contain six trailing Xs.)
Creates a unique file name from a template.
#include <stdlib.h>Function Variants The mktemp function has variants named _mktemp32 and _mktemp64 for use with 32-bit and 64-bit pointer sizes, respectively. See Section 1.10 for more information on using pointer-size-specific functions.char *mktemp (char *template);
template
A pointer to a buffer containing a user-defined template. You supply the template in the form, namXXXXXX. The six trailing Xs are replaced by a unique series of characters. You may supply the first three characters. Because the template argument is overwritten, do not specify a string literal ( const object).
The use of mktemp is not recommended for new applications. See the tmpnam and mkstemp functions for the preferable alternatives.
x A pointer to the template, with the template modified to contain the created file name. If this value is a pointer to a null string, it indicates that a unique file name cannot be created.
Converts a local-time structure to a time, in seconds, since the Epoch.
#include <time.h>Function Variants Compiling with the _DECC_V4_SOURCE and _VMS_V6_SOURCE feature-test macros defined enables a local-time-based entry point to the mktime function that is equivalent to the behavior before OpenVMS Version 7.0.time_t mktime (struct tm *timeptr);
timeptr
A pointer to the local-time structure.
The mktime function converts a local-time structure ( struct tm ) pointed to by timeptr, to a time in seconds since the Epoch (a time_t variable), in the same manner as the values returned by the time function.The original values of the tm_wday and tm_yday components of the structure are ignored, and the original values of the other components are not restricted to the ranges defined in <time.h> . Upon successful completion, the tm_wday and tm_yday components of the structure are set appropriately, and the other components are set to represent the specified time, with their values forced to the normal range.
If the local time cannot be encoded, then mktime returns the value ( time_t )( - 1).
The time_t type is defined in the <time.h> header file as follows:
typedef unsigned long int time_t;Local time-zone information is set as if mktime called tzset .
If the tm_isdst field in the local-time structure pointed to by timeptr is positive, mktime initially presumes that Daylight Savings Time (DST) is in effect for the specified time.
If tm_isdst is 0, mktime initially presumes that DST is not in effect.
If tm_isdst is negative, mktime attempts to determine whether or not DST is in effect for the specified time.
x The specified calendar time encoded as a value of type time_t . ( time_t )( - 1) If the local time cannot be encoded. Be aware that a return value of ( time_t )( - 1) can also represent the valid date: Sun Feb 7 06:28:15 2106.
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