
BCMP(3)                    UNIX Programmer's Manual                    BCMP(3)

NNAAMMEE
     bbccmmpp - compare byte string

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     ##iinncclluuddee <<ssttrriinngg..hh>>

     _i_n_t
     bbccmmpp(_c_o_n_s_t _v_o_i_d _*_b_1, _c_o_n_s_t _v_o_i_d _*_b_2, _s_i_z_e___t _l_e_n)

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     The bbccmmpp() function compares byte string _b_1 against byte string _b_2, re-
     turning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.  Both strings are
     assumed to be _l_e_n bytes long.  Zero-length strings are always identical.

     The strings may overlap.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     bcmp(3),  memcmp(3),  strcasecmp(3),  strcmp(3),  strcoll(3),  strxfrm(3)

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     A bbccmmpp() function first appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution       April 19, 1991                               1








































