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bcopy(3) Library Functions Manual bcopy(3)
bcopy - copy byte sequence
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <strings.h> [[deprecated]] void bcopy(const void src[.n], void dest[.n], size_t n);
The bcopy() function copies n bytes from src to dest. The result is correct, even when both areas overlap.
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For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │ bcopy() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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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().
bstring(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)
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