BCOPY(3) manual page
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bcopy - copy byte sequence
#include <strings.h>
void bcopy(const void *src, void *dest, size_t n);
The bcopy()
function copies n bytes from src to dest. The result is correct, even when
both areas overlap.
None.
The
bcopy() function is thread-safe.
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().
memccpy(3)
, memcpy(3)
,
memmove(3)
, strcpy(3)
, strncpy(3)
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