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3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)bcopy.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt BCOPY 3
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.2
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm bcopy
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd copy byte string
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <string.h>
4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
4858f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bcopy
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimescopies
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa len
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesbytes from string
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa src
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimesto string
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa dst .
5758f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe two strings may overlap.
5858f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIf
5958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa len
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis zero, no bytes are copied.
6158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr memccpy 3 ,
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr memcpy 3 ,
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr memmove 3 ,
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strcpy 3 ,
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strncpy 3
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
6858f0484fSRodney W. GrimesA
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bcopy
7058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction appeared in
7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .
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