NAME
bcopy - copy byte sequence SYNOPSIS
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void bcopy(const void *src, void *dest, sizet 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 │ ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │bcopy() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ 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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Linux 2009-03-15 BCOPY(3)