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¶
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))¶
The 
bcmp() function is thread-safe.
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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