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bcopy(3)                 Library Functions Manual                bcopy(3)

NAME         top

       bcopy - copy byte sequence

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <strings.h>

       [[deprecated]] void bcopy(const void src[.n], void dest[.n], size_t n);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The bcopy() function copies n bytes from src to dest.  The result
       is correct, even when both areas overlap.

RETURN VALUE         top

       None.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                            │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ bcopy()                              │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       None.

HISTORY         top

       4.3BSD.

       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         top

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

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