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| 5b2abdfb | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 |
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2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. |
| 3 | .\" | |
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4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by |
| 5 | .\" Chris Torek. | |
| 6 | .\" | |
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7 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
| 8 | .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions | |
| 9 | .\" are met: | |
| 10 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | |
| 11 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | |
| 12 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | |
| 13 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | |
| 14 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
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15 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors |
| 16 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software | |
| 17 | .\" without specific prior written permission. | |
| 18 | .\" | |
| 19 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | |
| 20 | .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE | |
| 21 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | |
| 22 | .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE | |
| 23 | .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL | |
| 24 | .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS | |
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| 28 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | |
| 29 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | |
| 30 | .\" | |
| 5b2abdfb | 31 | .\" @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 |
| 1f2f436a | 32 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3,v 1.10 2007/01/09 00:28:11 imp Exp $ |
| e9ce8d39 | 33 | .\" |
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34 | .Dd June 4, 1993 |
| 35 | .Dt BCOPY 3 | |
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36 | .Os |
| 37 | .Sh NAME | |
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38 | .Nm bcopy |
| 39 | .Nd copy byte string | |
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40 | .Sh LIBRARY |
| 41 | .Lb libc | |
| 42 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 9385eb3d | 43 | .In strings.h |
| 5b2abdfb | 44 | .Ft void |
| 6465356a | 45 | .Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len" |
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46 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 47 | The | |
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48 | .Fn bcopy |
| 49 | function | |
| 50 | copies | |
| 6465356a | 51 | .Fa len |
| 5b2abdfb | 52 | bytes from string |
| 6465356a | 53 | .Fa src |
| 5b2abdfb | 54 | to string |
| 6465356a | 55 | .Fa dst . |
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56 | The two strings may overlap. |
| 57 | If | |
| 6465356a | 58 | .Fa len |
| 5b2abdfb | 59 | is zero, no bytes are copied. |
| e9ce8d39 | 60 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
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61 | .Xr memccpy 3 , |
| 62 | .Xr memcpy 3 , | |
| 63 | .Xr memmove 3 , | |
| 64 | .Xr strcpy 3 , | |
| 65 | .Xr strncpy 3 | |
| e9ce8d39 | 66 | .Sh HISTORY |
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67 | A |
| 68 | .Fn bcopy | |
| 69 | function appeared in | |
| 70 | .Bx 4.2 . | |
| 9385eb3d | 71 | Its prototype existed previously in |
| 3d9156a7 | 72 | .In string.h |
| 9385eb3d | 73 | before it was moved to |
| 3d9156a7 | 74 | .In strings.h |
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75 | for |
| 76 | .St -p1003.1-2001 | |
| 77 | compliance. | |
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78 | .Pp |
| 79 | .Fn bcopy | |
| 80 | was deprecated in | |
| 81 | .St -p1003.1-2001 | |
| 82 | and removed in | |
| 83 | .St -p1003.1-2008 . |