12fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 22fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 32fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 42fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 52fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Chris Torek. 62fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 72fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 82fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 92fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" are met: 102fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 112fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 122fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 132fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 142fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 152fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 162fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 172fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" without specific prior written permission. 182fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 192fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 202fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 212fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 222fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 232fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 242fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 252fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 262fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 272fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 282fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 292fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 302fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 312fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" from: @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 32*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.\" $NetBSD: bcopy.3,v 1.15 2015/06/20 04:18:00 dholland Exp $ 332fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 34f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Dd May 5, 2012 352fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt BCOPY 3 362fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os 372fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME 382fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm bcopy 392fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd copy byte string 402fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY 412fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc 422fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS 432fe8fb19SBen Gras.In strings.h 442fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft void 452fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len" 462fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION 472fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 482fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bcopy 492fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction 502fe8fb19SBen Grascopies 512fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa len 522fe8fb19SBen Grasbytes from string 532fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa src 542fe8fb19SBen Grasto string 552fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa dst . 562fe8fb19SBen GrasThe two strings may overlap. 572fe8fb19SBen GrasIf 582fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa len 592fe8fb19SBen Grasis zero, no bytes are copied. 60f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Pp 61f14fb602SLionel SambucThis function is obsolete. 62f14fb602SLionel SambucThe functions 63f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Xr memcpy 3 64f14fb602SLionel Sambucand/or 65f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Xr memmove 3 66f14fb602SLionel Sambucshould be used instead. 67f14fb602SLionel SambucNote that 68f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Fn bcopy 69f14fb602SLionel Sambuctakes its 70f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Fa src 71f14fb602SLionel Sambucand 72f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Fa dst 73f14fb602SLionel Sambucarguments in the opposite order from these. 742fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO 752fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memccpy 3 , 762fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memcpy 3 , 772fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memmove 3 , 782fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strcpy 3 , 792fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strncpy 3 802fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh STANDARDS 812fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 82*0a6a1f1dSLionel Sambuc.Fn bcopy 832fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction conforms to 842fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -p1003.1-2001 . 852fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 862fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -p1003.1-2004 872fe8fb19SBen Grasrevision marked it as legacy; the 882fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -p1003.1-2008 892fe8fb19SBen Grasrevision removed it from the specification. 902fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY 912fe8fb19SBen GrasA 922fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bcopy 932fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction appeared in 942fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bx 4.2 . 95