bcopy(3)

NAME#

bcopy - copy byte sequence

LIBRARY#

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS#

#include <strings.h>

[[deprecated]] void bcopy(const void \nsrc\n[.\nn\n], void \ndest\n[.\nn\n], size_t \nn\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).

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)