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1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" Chris Torek.
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34.\" from: @(#)bcmp.3 5.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
35.\" $Id: bcmp.3,v 1.1.1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:20 deraadt Exp $
36.\"
37.Dd April 19, 1991
38.Dt BCMP 3
39.Os BSD 4.2
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm bcmp
42.Nd compare byte string
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Fd #include <string.h>
45.Ft int
46.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn bcmp
50function
51compares byte string
52.Fa b1
53against byte string
54.Fa b2 ,
55returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.
56Both strings are assumed to be
57.Fa len
58bytes long.
59Zero-length strings are always identical.
60.Pp
61The strings may overlap.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr memcmp 3 ,
64.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
65.Xr strcmp 3 ,
66.Xr strcoll 3 ,
67.Xr strxfrm 3
68.Sh HISTORY
69A
70.Fn bcmp
71function first appeared in
72.Bx 4.2 .