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                     23: .TH BCMP 3 "June 24, 1990"
                     24: .UC 7
                     25: .SH NAME
                     26: bcmp \- compare byte string
                     27: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     28: .nf
                     29: .ft B
                     30: #include <string.h>
                     31: 
                     32: int
                     33: bcmp(const char *b1, const char *b2, size_t len);
                     34: .ft R
                     35: .fi
                     36: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     37: .B Bcmp
                     38: compares byte string
                     39: .I b1
                     40: against byte string
                     41: .IR b2 ,
                     42: returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise.
                     43: Both strings are assumed to be
                     44: .I len
                     45: bytes long.
                     46: Zero-length strings are always identical.
                     47: .PP
                     48: The strings may overlap.
                     49: .SH SEE ALSO
                     50: bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strxfrm(3)

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