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bcmp (3)
BCMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual BCMP(3)
NAME
bcmp - compare byte sequences
SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
int bcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The bcmp() function compares the two byte sequences s1 and s2 of length
n each. If they are equal, and in particular if n is zero, bcmp()
returns 0. Otherwise it returns a non-zero result.
RETURN VALUE
The bcmp() function returns 0 if the byte sequences are equal, other-
wise a non-zero result is returned.
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD. This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in
POSIX.1-2001): use memcmp(3) in new programs.
SEE ALSO
memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strncasecmp(3),
strncmp(3)
Linux 2002-12-31 BCMP(3)
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