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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
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.\"     @(#)bcmp.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93
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.Dd 
.Dt BCMP 3
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm bcmp
.Nd compare byte string
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <string.h>
.Ft int
.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn bcmp
function
compares byte string
.Fa b1
against byte string
.Fa b2 ,
returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.
Both strings are assumed to be
.Fa len
bytes long.
Zero-length strings are always identical.
.Pp
The strings may overlap.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bcmp 3 ,
.Xr memcmp 3 ,
.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
.Xr strcmp 3 ,
.Xr strcoll 3 ,
.Xr strxfrm 3
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn bcmp
function first appeared in 
.Bx 4.2 .