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 parameters
are interchanged for
memcpy(3)
and
memmove(3).
SEE ALSO
memccpy(3),
memcpy(3),
memmove(3),
strcpy(3),
strncpy(3)
COLOPHON
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