| bcopy(3) | Library Functions Manual | bcopy(3) |
bcopy - copy byte sequence
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <strings.h>
[[deprecated]] void bcopy(const void src[.n], void dest[.n], size_t n);
The bcopy() function copies n bytes from src to dest. The result is correct, even when both areas overlap.
None.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| bcopy () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
None.
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().
bstring(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)
| 2023-10-31 | Linux man-pages 6.7 |