BCMP(9)

BCMP(9) | Kernel Developer's Manual | BCMP(9)

# NAME

bcmp — compare byte string

# SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/systm.h>

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

# DESCRIPTION

The bcmp() interface is obsolete. Do not add new code using it. It will soon be purged. Use memcmp(9) instead. (The bcmp() function is now a macro for memcmp(9).)

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(9)

July 7, 2001 | NetBSD 5.99