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).

       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                      │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │bcopy()                                                        │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       None.

HISTORY

       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

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