BCMP(3) - Linux man page online | Library functions
Compare byte sequences.
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2017-03-13
BCMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual BCMP(3)
NAME
bcmp - compare byte sequencesSYNOPSIS
#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
bstring(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strncasecmp(3), strncmp(3)COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.| This manual | Reference | Other manuals |
|---|---|---|
| bcmp(3) | referred by | bstring(3) | memcmp(3) | strcasecmp(3) | strcmp(3) | strcoll(3) | strxfrm(3) |
| refer to | attributes(7) | bstring(3) | memcmp(3) | strcasecmp(3) | strcmp(3) | strcoll(3) |