bcopy(3) - Linux man page

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.

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)

Referenced By

bstring(3), stpcpy(3), strcat(3)