Title:        bsearchstr
Version:      1.0
Submitted:    Dec 1 1986
Author:       hplabs!hpfcla!ajs
Submittor:    hplabs!hpfcla!ajs
Description:  Binary search for strings in a file

[  I compiled and tested this on a 4.2BSD Vax750 and had no problems.
   The README is right -- just do a "vanilla cc"; add -DDEBUG to
   get a test stub with main.  --r$ ]

Information on bsearchstr(3):

1.  This library routine is like bsearch(3), but generalized to work
    with files (not memory images) of random length strings (not fixed
    length objects).

2.  Unlike bsearch(), it is well-behaved.  If more than one data item
    (text line) matches the pattern, it returns the first matching item,
    not a random one.

3.  It's been around a while, well tested, and shown itself to be
    generally useful, mainly for lookups into large, sorted lists.

4.  It runs on HP-UX (AT&T V.2); hasn't been tested on other variants.

5.  No makefile provided or needed -- compilation and linking are
    vanilla.

6.  No warranty express or implied accompanies this software.  Caveat
    emptor.  See the manual entry.

Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Systems Software Operation, Fort Collins,
Colorado; {ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs; 303-229-3053; (lat-long on request :-)