BCOPY(3) BSD Library Functions Manual BCOPY(3)NAMEbcopy — copy byte string
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
void
bcopy(const void *src, void *dst, size_t len);
DESCRIPTION
The bcopy() function copies len bytes from string src to string dst. The
two strings may overlap. If len is zero, no bytes are copied.
SEE ALSOmemccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)HISTORY
A bcopy() function appeared in 4.2BSD. Its prototype existed previously
in <string.h> before it was moved to <strings.h> for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
(“POSIX.1”) compliance.
bcopy() was deprecated in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”) and removed in
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”).
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD