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31 .TH BCMP 3 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
33 bcmp \- compare byte sequences
36 .B #include <strings.h>
38 .BI "int bcmp(const void *" s1 ", const void *" s2 ", size_t " n );
43 function compares the two byte sequences
50 If they are equal, and in particular if
55 Otherwise, it returns a nonzero result.
59 function returns 0 if the byte sequences are equal,
60 otherwise a nonzero result is returned.
62 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
70 Interface Attribute Value
73 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
80 This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001): use
83 POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of