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3458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)bcmp.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
357f3dea24SPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt BCMP 3
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.2
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm bcmp
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd compare byte string
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <string.h>
4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft int
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
4858f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bcmp
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimescompares byte string
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa b1
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesagainst byte string
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa b2 ,
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimesreturning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.
5658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesBoth strings are assumed to be
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa len
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesbytes long.
5958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesZero-length strings are always identical.
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pp
6158f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe strings may overlap.
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr bcmp 3 ,
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr memcmp 3 ,
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strcmp 3 ,
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strcoll 3 ,
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strxfrm 3
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
7058f0484fSRodney W. GrimesA
7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bcmp
7258f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction first appeared in
7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .
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