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bcopy
Section: C Library Functions (3) Updated: 202-0-08 Index
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NAME
bcopy - copy byte sequence
LIBRARY
Standard C library
( libc,~ -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
[[deprecated]] void bcopy(size_t n;
const void src[n], void dest[n], 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
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bcopy()
| Thread safety | M-Safe
|
STANDARDS
None.
HISTORY
4.3BSD.
Marked as LEGACY in POSIX.-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.-2008 removes the specification of
bcopy().
SEE ALSO
bstring(3),
memccpy(3),
memcpy(3),
memmove(3),
strcpy(3),
strncpy(3)
Index
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- HISTORY
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