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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved
+.TH "BCOPY" 3P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
+.\" bcopy
+.SH PROLOG
+This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
+The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
+the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
+or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
+.SH NAME
+bcopy \- memory operations (\fBLEGACY\fP)
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+\fB#include <strings.h>
+.br
+.sp
+void bcopy(const void *\fP\fIs1\fP\fB, void *\fP\fIs2\fP\fB, size_t\fP
+\fIn\fP\fB); \fP
+\fB
+.br
+\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+The \fIbcopy\fP() function shall copy \fIn\fP bytes from the area
+pointed to by \fIs1\fP to the area pointed to by
+\fIs2\fP.
+.LP
+The bytes are copied correctly even if the area pointed to by \fIs1\fP
+overlaps the area pointed to by \fIs2\fP.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.LP
+The \fIbcopy\fP() function shall not return a value.
+.SH ERRORS
+.LP
+No errors are defined.
+.LP
+\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH APPLICATION USAGE
+.LP
+The \fImemmove\fP() function is preferred over this function.
+.LP
+The following are approximately equivalent (note the order of the
+arguments):
+.sp
+.RS
+.nf
+
+\fBbcopy(s1,s2,n) ~= memmove(s2,s1,n)
+\fP
+.fi
+.RE
+.LP
+For maximum portability, it is recommended to replace the function
+call to \fIbcopy\fP() as follows:
+.sp
+.RS
+.nf
+
+\fB#define bcopy(b1,b2,len) (memmove((b2), (b1), (len)), (void) 0)
+\fP
+.fi
+.RE
+.SH RATIONALE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+.LP
+This function may be withdrawn in a future version.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fImemmove\fP(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001,
+\fI<strings.h>\fP
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
+from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
+-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
+Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
+Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
+event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
+The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
+is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
+http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .