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+.\" 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.
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+.\"     @(#)bcopy.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt BCOPY 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm bcopy
+.Nd copy byte string
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In strings.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn bcopy
+function
+copies
+.Fa len
+bytes from string
+.Fa src
+to string
+.Fa dst .
+The two strings may overlap.
+If
+.Fa len
+is zero, no bytes are copied.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr memccpy 3 ,
+.Xr memcpy 3 ,
+.Xr memmove 3 ,
+.Xr strcpy 3 ,
+.Xr strncpy 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Fn bcopy
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .
+Its prototype existed previously in
+.In string.h
+before it was moved to
+.In strings.h
+for
+.St -p1003.1-2001
+compliance.