bcmp (3)
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Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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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 nonzero result.
RETURN VALUE
The
bcmp()
function returns 0 if the byte sequences are equal,
otherwise a nonzero result is returned.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
bcmp()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
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
memcmp(3),
strcasecmp(3),
strcmp(3),
strcoll(3),
strncasecmp(3),
strncmp(3)
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