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bcmp(3)

NAME

     bcmp -- compare byte string

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <strings.h>

     int
     bcmp(const void *b1, const void *b2, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

     The bcmp() function compares byte string b1 against byte string b2,
     returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.	Both strings
     are assumed to be len bytes long.	Zero-length strings are always identi-
     cal.

     The strings may overlap.

SEE ALSO

     memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strxfrm(3)

HISTORY

     A bcmp() function first appeared in 4.2BSD.  Its prototype existed previ-
     ously in <string.h> before it was moved to <strings.h> for IEEE Std
     1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') compliance.

FreeBSD 5.4			 June 4, 1993			   FreeBSD 5.4

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