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<H1>BCMP</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-03-13<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
bcmp - compare byte sequences
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/strings.h">strings.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>int bcmp(const void *</B><I>s1</I><B>, const void *</B><I>s2</I><B>, size_t </B><I>n</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>bcmp</B>()
function compares the two byte sequences
<I>s1</I>
and
<I>s2</I>
of length
<I>n</I>
each.
If they are equal, and in particular if
<I>n</I>
is zero,
<B>bcmp</B>()
returns 0.
Otherwise, it returns a nonzero result.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
The
<B>bcmp</B>()
function returns 0 if the byte sequences are equal,
otherwise a nonzero result is returned.
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>bcmp</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
4.3BSD.
This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001): use
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+memcmp">memcmp</A></B>(3)
in new programs.
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
<B>bcmp</B>().
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+bstring">bstring</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+memcmp">memcmp</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+strcasecmp">strcasecmp</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+strcmp">strcmp</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+strcoll">strcoll</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+strncasecmp">strncasecmp</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+strncmp">strncmp</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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