bcmp(3) - Linux man page
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 non-zero result.
Return Value
The
bcmp() function returns 0 if the byte sequences are equal, otherwise a non-zero result is
returned.
Conforming to
4.3BSD. This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001): use
memcmp() in new
programs.
See Also
memcmp(3),
strcasecmp(3),
strcmp(3),
strcoll(3),
strncasecmp(3),
strncmp(3)
Referenced By
bstring(3),
strxfrm(3)
