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BCMP(3) 		     Library Functions Manual			 BCMP(3)

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
     The bcmp() function compares byte string b1 against byte string b2, return-
     ing  zero	if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.  Both strings are as-
     sumed 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),   tim-
     ingsafe_bcmp(3)

HISTORY
     A	bcmp()	function first appeared in 4.2BSD.  Its prototype existed previ-
     ously in <string.h> before  it  was  moved  to  <strings.h>  for  IEEE  Std
     1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1") compliance.

FreeBSD 15.1			 August 15, 2016			 BCMP(3)

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