NAME¶

cmpbytes() - compare data

SYNOPSIS¶

ssize_t cmpbytes(from, to, cnt)
	const void *from;
	const void *to;
	ssize_t cnt;

DESCRIPTION¶

cmpbytes() compares size bytes from from to to.

RETURN VALUE¶

cnt

Both memory chunks are equal

0..cnt-1

The offset of the first differing character in the chunks.

ERRORS¶

No errors are defined

SEE ALSO¶

cmpmbytes(3), cmpnullbytes(3), fillbytes(3), findbytes(3), movebytes(3), movecbytes(3), swapbytes(3), zerobytes(3)

NOTES¶

This routine correctly handles overlapping buffers.