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)

Linux man-pages 6.9.1                              2024-05-02                                           bcopy(3)