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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/bcopy.3p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/bcopy.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0e538f --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/bcopy.3p @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" 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 +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +This function may be withdrawn in a future version.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 . |