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Red Hat Documentation: man pages: man3: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)

Manpage of BCMP

BCMP

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: April 9, 2025
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NAME

bcmp - compare byte strings  

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>
int bcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, int n);
 

DESCRIPTION

The bcmp() function compares the first n bytes of the strings s1 and s2. If the two strings are equal, bcmp() returns 0, otherwise it returns a non-zero result. If n is zero, the two strings are assumed to be equal.  

RETURN VALUE

The bcmp() function returns 0 if the strings are equal, otherwise a non-zero result is returned.  

CONFORMING TO

4.3BSD. This function is deprecated -- use memcmp in new programs.  

SEE ALSO


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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