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34.Dd May 5, 2012
35.Dt BCOPY 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm bcopy
39.Nd copy byte string
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In strings.h
44.Ft void
45.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn bcopy
49function
50copies
51.Fa len
52bytes from string
53.Fa src
54to string
55.Fa dst .
56The two strings may overlap.
57If
58.Fa len
59is zero, no bytes are copied.
60.Pp
61This function is obsolete.
62The functions
63.Xr memcpy 3
64and/or
65.Xr memmove 3
66should be used instead.
67Note that
68.Fn bcopy
69takes its
70.Fa src
71and
72.Fa dst
73arguments in the opposite order from these.
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr memccpy 3 ,
76.Xr memcpy 3 ,
77.Xr memmove 3 ,
78.Xr strcpy 3 ,
79.Xr strncpy 3
80.Sh STANDARDS
81The
82.Fn bcopy
83function conforms to
84.St -p1003.1-2001 .
85The
86.St -p1003.1-2004
87revision marked it as legacy; the
88.St -p1003.1-2008
89revision removed it from the specification.
90.Sh HISTORY
91A
92.Fn bcopy
93function appeared in
94.Bx 4.2 .
95