bcopy - copy byte sequence
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ bcopy() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Description
The bcopy() function copies n bytes from src to dest. The result is correct, even when both areas
overlap.
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().
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
bcopy - copy byte sequence
Return Value
None.
See Also
bstring(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 bcopy(3)
Standards
None.
Synopsis
#include<strings.h>[[deprecated]]voidbcopy(constvoidsrc[.n],voiddest[.n],size_tn);