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Remove the mention of memcpy(3) that is build on top of bcopy(3).

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Fix some phrases to make it more clear.

Differential Revision:	D3378
Reported by:		bde@
Reviewed by:		wblock
Approved by:		bapt, rodrigc (mentor)
Sponsored by:		gandi.net
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Marcelo Araujo 2015-08-13 02:31:23 +00:00
parent 49114ce463
commit 9b71470214
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=286715
1 changed files with 7 additions and 9 deletions
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lib/libc/string/bcopy.3
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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $FreeBSD$
.\" .\"
.Dd August 11, 2015 .Dd August 13, 2015
.Dt BCOPY 3 .Dt BCOPY 3
.Os .Os
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
@ -58,16 +58,14 @@ If
.Fa len .Fa len
is zero, no bytes are copied. is zero, no bytes are copied.
.Pp .Pp
This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in This function is obsolete (marked as LEGACY in
POSIX.1-2001): use POSIX.1-2001): please use
.Xr memcpy 3
or
.Xr memmove 3 .Xr memmove 3
in new programs. in new programs.
Note that the first two arguments are Note that
interchanged for .Fn bcopy
.Xr memcpy 3 takes its src and dst arguments in the opposite
and order from
.Xr memmove 3 . .Xr memmove 3 .
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
.Fn bcopy . .Fn bcopy .