BCMP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: April 9, 1993
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
memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3),
strcoll(3), strncmp(3), strncasecmp(3)