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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)