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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ATTRIBUTES

21       For an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see  at‐
22       tributes(7).
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25       │Interface                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
26       ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
27       │bcopy()                                     │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
28       └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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CONFORMING TO

31       4.3BSD.    This   function   is   deprecated   (marked   as  LEGACY  in
32       POSIX.1-2001): use memcpy(3) or memmove(3) in new programs.  Note  that
33       the  first two arguments are interchanged for memcpy(3) and memmove(3).
34       POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of bcopy().
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SEE ALSO

37       bstring(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)
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COLOPHON

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