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

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)

COLOPHON
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Linux                                       2015-03-02                                    BCMP(3)