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NAME
bcmp —
compare byte string
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
int
bcmp(const
void *b1, const void
*b2, size_t
len);
DESCRIPTION
Thebcmp() 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), timingsafe_bcmp(3)HISTORY
Abcmp() function first appeared in
4.2BSD. Its prototype existed previously in
<string.h> before it was moved
to <strings.h> for
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”)
compliance.
| August 15, 2016 | FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE |
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