strcmp(9)

💅 strcmp(9) — Kernel API Manual 🌸

Okay so we are in the Kernel API Manual and this page is strcmp(9), no cap. It's short, it's iconic, it's literally about comparing two strings.

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✨ NAME ✨

strcmp — compare two strings. That's the whole assignment, bestie. The manpage says "Compare two strings" and honestly? Respect the minimalism.

🧚 SYNOPSIS 🧚

Here's the signature, copied exactly because we do not freestyle C:

int strcmp (const char *cs , const char *ct );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

Two strings walk into a kernel function, and the vibes are extremely straightforward:

• cs — one string. That's the official description: "One string." Iconic brevity.
• ct — another string. Official description: "Another string." The manpage is lowkey serving less-is-more.

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

Kernel file ./lib/string.c is in the mix, plus this entire friend group of kernel string/memory icons:

• strncasecmp(9)
• stpcpy(9)
• strncmp(9)
• strchr(9)
• strchrnul(9)
• strnchrnul(9)
• strrchr(9)
• strnchr(9)
• strspn(9)
• strcspn(9)
• strpbrk(9)
• strsep(9)
• memset(9)
• memset16(9)
• memset32(9)
• memset64(9)
• memcpy(9)
• memmove(9)
• memcmp(9)
• bcmp(9)
• memscan(9)
• strstr(9)
• strnstr(9)
• memchr(9)
• memchr_inv(9)

That's the whole page, bestie. No extra lore, no invented return-value discourse — just compare two strings and go.

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Source/version: ./lib · Date: October 2026 · Manual: strcmp(9) — mwah 💋