NAME

       bcopy - copy byte sequence

SYNOPSIS

       #include <strings.h>

       void bcopy(const void *src, void *dest, 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 │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

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)

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