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bcopy - copy byte sequence

  #include <strings.h>

  void bcopy(const void *src, void *dest, 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).

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 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)

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