1BCOPY(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  BCOPY(3)
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NAME

6       bcopy - copy byte sequence
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <strings.h>
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11       void bcopy(const void *src, void *dest, size_t n);
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  bcopy()  function  copies n bytes from src to dest.  The result is
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RETURN VALUE

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CONFORMING TO

21       4.3BSD.   This  function   is   deprecated   (marked   as   LEGACY   in
22       POSIX.1-2001):  use memcpy(3) or memmove(3) in new programs.  Note that
23       the first two arguments are interchanged for memcpy(3) and  memmove(3).
24       POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of bcopy().
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SEE ALSO

27       memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)
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COLOPHON

30       This  page  is  part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
31       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
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