BCOPY
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2013-10-22
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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
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
bcopy()
function is thread-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)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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