diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'static/netbsd/man9/bcopy.9')
| -rw-r--r-- | static/netbsd/man9/bcopy.9 | 89 |
1 files changed, 89 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/static/netbsd/man9/bcopy.9 b/static/netbsd/man9/bcopy.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..603db900 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man9/bcopy.9 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $NetBSD: bcopy.9,v 1.9 2003/08/07 10:31:30 agc Exp $ +.\" +.Dd July 7, 2001 +.Dt BCOPY 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bcopy +.Nd copy byte string +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/systm.h +.Ft void +.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +The +.Fn bcopy +interface is obsolete. +Do not add new code using it. +It will soon be purged. +Use +.Xr memcpy 9 +instead. +(The +.Fn bcopy +function is now a macro for +.Xr memcpy 9 . ) +.Ef +.Pp +The +.Fn bcopy +function +copies +.Fa len +bytes from string +.Fa src +to string +.Fa dst . +.Pp +.Bf -symbolic +Unlike +.Xr bcopy 3 +the two strings must not overlap! +.Ef +In the traditional +.Bx +kernel, overlapping copies were handled by the now-purged +.Fn ovbcopy +function. +If you need to copy overlapping data, see +.Xr memmove 9 . +.Pp +If +.Fa len +is zero, no bytes are copied. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bcopy 3 , +.Xr memcpy 9 , +.Xr memmove 9 |
