NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     bcmp - compare byte string

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The bcmp() 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.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     A bcmp() function first appeared in 4.2BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                          April      19,     1991