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BCMP(3)                       Linux Programmer's Manual                       BCMP(3)

NAME         top

       bcmp - compare byte sequences

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <strings.h>

       int bcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       The bcmp() function returns 0 if the byte sequences are equal, otherwise a
       non-zero result is returned.

CONFORMING TO         top

       4.3BSD.  This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001): use
       memcmp(3) in new programs.  POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of bcmp().

SEE ALSO         top

       memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strncasecmp(3), strncmp(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux                                 2008-08-06                              BCMP(3)