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.

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)

COLOPHON

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