bcopy() — Copy bytes in memory

Standards

Standards / Extensions C or C++ Dependencies

XPG4.2
Single UNIX Specification, Version 3

both  

Format

#define  _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1
#include <strings.h>

void bcopy(const void *s1, void *s2, size_t n);

General description

The bcopy() function copies n bytes from the area pointed to by s1 to the area pointed to by s2 using the memcpy() function.

Note: The bcopy() function has been moved to the Legacy Option group in Single UNIX Specification, Version 3 and may be withdrawn in a future version. The memmove() function is preferred for portability.

Returned value

bcopy() returns no values.

There are no errno values defined.

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