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BCOPY(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		      BCOPY(3)

NAME
     bcopy -- copy byte	string

LIBRARY
     Standard C	Library	(libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <strings.h>

     void
     bcopy(const void *src, void *dst, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION
     The bcopy() function copies len bytes from	string src to string dst.  The
     two strings may overlap.  If len is zero, no bytes	are copied.

SEE ALSO
     memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3),	strcpy(3), strncpy(3)

HISTORY
     A bcopy() function	appeared in 4.2BSD.  Its prototype existed previously
     in	<string.h> before it was moved to <strings.h> for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
     ("POSIX.1") compliance.

BSD				 June 4, 1993				   BSD
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