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BCMP(3) Library Functions Manual BCMP(3)

bcmpcompare byte string

library “libc”

#include <strings.h>

int
bcmp(const void *b1, const void *b2, size_t len);

The () function compares byte string b1 against byte string b2, returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise. Both strings are assumed to be len bytes long. Zero-length strings are always identical.

The strings may overlap.

This function is obsolete. The equivalent function memcmp(3) should be used instead.

memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strxfrm(3)

The bcmp() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”). The IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 (“POSIX.1”) revision marked it as legacy and recommended the use of memcmp(3) instead. The IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”) revision removed bcmp() from the specification.

A bcmp() function first appeared in 4.2BSD.

May 5, 2012 NetBSD-9.2