bcopy (3)
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Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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NAME
bcopy - copy byte sequence
SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
void bcopy(const void *src, void *dest, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The
bcopy()
function copies
n
bytes from
src
to
dest.
The result is correct, even when both areas overlap.
RETURN VALUE
None.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
bcopy()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD.
This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001): use
memcpy(3)
or
memmove(3)
in new programs.
Note that the first two arguments
are interchanged for
memcpy(3)
and
memmove(3).
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
bcopy().
SEE ALSO
memccpy(3),
memcpy(3),
memmove(3),
strcpy(3),
strncpy(3)
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