NAME

bcmp — compare byte string

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <strings.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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

STANDARDS

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.

HISTORY

A bcmp() function first appeared in 4.2BSD.