strncmp(9) [suse man page]
STRNCMP(9) Basic C Library Functions STRNCMP(9) NAME
strncmp - Compare two length-limited strings SYNOPSIS
int strncmp(const char * cs, const char * ct, size_t count); ARGUMENTS
cs One string ct Another string count The maximum number of bytes to compare COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 STRNCMP(9)
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STRCMP(3) BSD Library Functions Manual STRCMP(3) NAME
strcmp, strncmp -- compare strings LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h> int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2); int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n); DESCRIPTION
The strcmp() and strncmp() functions lexicographically compare the null-terminated strings s1 and s2. The strncmp() function compares not more than n characters. Because strncmp() is designed for comparing strings rather than binary data, characters that appear after a '