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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