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NAME

       bcopy - copy byte sequence

SYNOPSIS

       #include <strings.h>

       void bcopy(const void *src, void *dest, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       The  bcopy()  function  copies n bytes from src to dest.  The result is
       correct, even when both areas overlap.

RETURN VALUE

       None.

CONFORMING TO

       4.3BSD.   This  function   is   deprecated   (marked   as   LEGACY   in
       POSIX.1-2001):  use memcpy(3) or memmove(3) in new programs.  Note that
       the first two arguments are interchanged for memcpy(3) and  memmove(3).
       POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of bcopy().

SEE ALSO

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

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