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| .TH BCMP 3 2002-12-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| bcmp \- compare byte sequences |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <strings.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "int bcmp(const void *" s1 ", const void *" s2 ", size_t " n ); |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .BR bcmp () |
| function compares the two byte sequences |
| .I s1 |
| and |
| .I s2 |
| of length |
| .I n |
| each. If they are equal, and in particular if |
| .I n |
| is zero, |
| .BR bcmp () |
| returns 0. Otherwise it returns a non-zero result. |
| .SH "RETURN VALUE" |
| The |
| .BR bcmp () |
| function returns 0 if the byte sequences are equal, |
| otherwise a non-zero result is returned. |
| .SH "CONFORMING TO" |
| 4.3BSD. This function is deprecated: use |
| .BR memcmp () |
| in new programs. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR memcmp (3), |
| .BR strcasecmp (3), |
| .BR strcmp (3), |
| .BR strcoll (3), |
| .BR strncasecmp (3), |
| .BR strncmp (3) |