[PATCH 2/2] man/man*/{string.3,memory.h.3head}: Move functions to a new page memory.h(3head)

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:19:04 +0200
Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-man
Message-ID	<668ab8c64821ef8c08a93e6799e384f5cac3e97f.1785532392.git.alx@kernel.org>
See previous commit.

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
---
 man/man3/string.3       | 95 +++--------------------------------------
 man/man3head/memory.h.3 | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 man/man3head/memory.h.3

diff --git a/man/man3/string.3 b/man/man3/string.3
index da87799a5e69..02c9897d8771 100644
--- a/man/man3/string.3
+++ b/man/man3/string.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH string 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
 .SH NAME
-string \- byte operations
+string \- string operations
 .SH LIBRARY
 Standard C library
 .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
@@ -15,84 +15,25 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B #include <strings.h>
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.SS Write
-.TP
-Write bytes
-.RS
-.TP
-.BR bzero (3)
-.TQ
-.BR memset (3)
-.RE
 .SS Copy
 .TP
-Copy bytes
-.RS
-.TP
-.BR memmove (3)
-.TQ
-.BR memcpy (3)
-.TQ
-.BR mempcpy (3)
-.TQ
-.BR memccpy (3)
-.RE
-.TP
-Copy strings
-.RS
-.TP
 .BR strcpy (3)
 .TQ
 .BR stpcpy (3)
-.RE
-.TP
-Copy nonstrings
-.RS
-.TP
-.BR strncpy (3)
-.RE
 .SS Catenate
 .TP
-Catenate strings
-.RS
-.TP
 .BR strcat (3)
-.RE
-.TP
-Catenate nonstrings
-.RS
-.TP
-.BR strncat (3)
-.RE
 .SS Duplicate
 .TP
-Duplicate strings
-.RS
-.TP
 .BR strdup (3)
 .TQ
 .BR strdupa (3)
-.RE
-.TP
-Duplicate nonstrings
-.RS
-.TP
-.BR strndup (3)
-.TQ
-.BR strndupa (3)
-.RE
 .SS Compare
 .TP
-Compare bytes
-.RS
-.TP
 .BR memeq (3)
-.TQ
-.BR memcmp (3)
-.RE
-.TP
-Compare strings
-.RS
+.IP
+This function should be in
+.IR <memory.h> .
 .TP
 .BR streq (3)
 .TQ
@@ -103,30 +44,8 @@ .SS Compare
 .BR strcoll (3)
 .TQ
 .BR strverscmp (3)
-.RE
-.TP
-Compare nonstrings
-.RS
-.TP
-.BR strncmp (3)
-.TQ
-.BR strncasecmp (3)
-.RE
 .SS Search
 .TP
-Search bytes
-.RS
-.TP
-.BR memchr (3)
-.TQ
-.BR memrchr (3)
-.TQ
-.BR memmem (3)
-.RE
-.TP
-Search strings
-.RS
-.TP
 .BR strlen (3)
 .TQ
 .BR strnul (3)
@@ -146,18 +65,14 @@ .SS Search
 .BR strspn (3)
 .TQ
 .BR strcspn (3)
-.RE
 .SS Separate
 .TP
-Separate strings
-.RS
-.TP
 .BR strsep (3)
 .TQ
 .BR strtok (3)
-.RE
 .SS Others
 .TP
 .BR strxfrm (3)
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR memory.h (3head),
 .BR string_copying (7)
diff --git a/man/man3head/memory.h.3 b/man/man3head/memory.h.3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..786da968f9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/man3head/memory.h.3
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+.\" Copyright 1993, David Metcalfe <[email protected]>
+.\" Copyright, the authors of the Linux man-pages project
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.TH memory.h 3head (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+memory.h \- memory operations
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <memory.h>
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.SS Write
+.TP
+.BR bzero (3)
+.TQ
+.BR memset (3)
+.SS Copy
+.TP
+.BR memmove (3)
+.TQ
+.BR memcpy (3)
+.TQ
+.BR mempcpy (3)
+.TQ
+.BR memccpy (3)
+.TQ
+.BR strncpy (3)
+.SS Catenate
+.TP
+.BR strncat (3)
+.SS Duplicate
+.TP
+.BR strndup (3)
+.TQ
+.BR strndupa (3)
+.SS Compare
+.TP
+.BR memcmp (3)
+.TQ
+.BR strncmp (3)
+.TQ
+.BR strncasecmp (3)
+.SS Search
+.TP
+.BR memchr (3)
+.TQ
+.BR memrchr (3)
+.TQ
+.BR memmem (3)
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR string (3),
+.BR string_copying (7)
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