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bcmp
[compare two memory areas]
SYNOPSIS #include <string.h> int bcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The function, bcmp,
compares not more than n
characters
of the object pointed to by s1
with the object pointed to by s2.
This function is identical to memcmp.
RETURNS
The function returns an integer greater than, equal to or less than
zero, according to whether the object pointed to by s1
is greater than, equal to or less than
the object pointed to by s2.
COMPLIANCE
bcmp
requires no supporting OS subroutines.