bcopy(3)

copy byte sequence

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Description

bcopy

NAME

bcopy - copy byte sequence

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <strings.h>

[[deprecated]] void bcopy(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).

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STANDARDS

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

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