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.\" from: @(#)bcmp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $NetBSD: bcmp.3,v 1.14 2012/05/05 21:24:19 dholland Exp $
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.Dd May 5, 2012
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.Dt BCMP 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bcmp
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.Nd compare byte string
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In strings.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn bcmp
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function
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compares byte string
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.Fa b1
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against byte string
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.Fa b2 ,
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returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.
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Both strings are assumed to be
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.Fa len
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bytes long.
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Zero-length strings are always identical.
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.Pp
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The strings may overlap.
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.Pp
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This function is obsolete.
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The equivalent function
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.Xr memcmp 3
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should be used instead.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr memcmp 3 ,
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.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
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.Xr strcmp 3 ,
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.Xr strcoll 3 ,
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.Xr strxfrm 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn bcmp
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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The
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.St -p1003.1-2004
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revision marked it as legacy and recommended the use of
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.Xr memcmp 3
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instead.
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The
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.St -p1003.1-2008
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revision removed
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.Fn bcmp
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from the specification.
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn bcmp
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function first appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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