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BCOPY(3) Linux Programmer's Manual BCOPY(3)
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.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│bcopy() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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 in‐
terchanged for memcpy(3) and memmove(3). POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of bcopy().
SEE ALSO
bstring(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)
Linux 2021-03-22 BCOPY(3)