BCMP(3) AerieBSD 1.0 Refernce Manual BCMP(3)

NAME

bcmp — compare byte string

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.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 identical.

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.

AerieBSD 1.0 Reference Manual August 26 2008 BCMP(3)