.\" Copyright 2022 Alejandro Colomar .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" .TH bcmp 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.8" .SH NAME bcmp \- compare byte sequences .SH LIBRARY Standard C library .RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include .P .BI "[[deprecated]] int bcmp(const void " s1 [. n "], const void " s2 [. n "], \ size_t " n ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .BR bcmp () is identical to .BR memcmp (3); use the latter instead. .SH STANDARDS None. .SH HISTORY 4.3BSD. Marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001; removed in POSIX.1-2008. .SH SEE ALSO .BR memcmp (3)