99 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
99 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Chris Torek.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd August 24, 2015
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.Dt BCOPY 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bcopy
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.Nd copy byte string
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In strings.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn bcopy
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function
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copies
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.Fa len
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bytes from string
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.Fa src
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to string
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.Fa dst .
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The two strings may overlap.
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If
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.Fa len
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is zero, no bytes are copied.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr memccpy 3 ,
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.Xr memcpy 3 ,
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.Xr memmove 3 ,
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.Xr strcpy 3 ,
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.Xr strncpy 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn bcopy
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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Its prototype existed previously in
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.In string.h
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before it was moved to
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.In strings.h
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for
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.St -p1003.1-2001
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compliance.
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.Pp
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.St -p1003.1-2008
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removes the specification of
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.Fn bcopy
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and it is marked as LEGACY in
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.St -p1003.1-2004 .
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New programs should use
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.Xr memmove 3 .
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If the input and output buffer do not overlap, then
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.Xr memcpy 3
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is more efficient.
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Note that
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.Fn bcopy
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takes
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.Ar src
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and
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.Ar dst
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in the opposite order from
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.Fn memmove
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and
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.Fn memcpy .
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