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BCOPY

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2017-03-13
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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

bstring(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)  

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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

RETURN VALUE

ATTRIBUTES

CONFORMING TO

SEE ALSO

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