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BCMP (3)

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.

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