NAME
bbccmmpp - compare byte string
LLIIBBRRAARRYYStandard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
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int bbccmmpp(const void *b1, const void *b2, sizet len);> DESCRIPTION
The bbccmmpp() 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 identi-
cal. The strings may overlap.SEE ALSO
memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strxfrm(3) HISTORYA bbccmmpp() function first appeared in 4.2BSD. Its prototype existed previ-
ously inbefore it was moved to for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') compliance.
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD