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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/string/memcpy.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 b/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 index 1deb03631b1..e95d670ad9d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: memcpy.3,v 1.8 2011/07/25 00:38:52 schwarze Exp $ +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" @@ -29,9 +31,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: memcpy.3,v 1.7 2007/05/31 19:19:32 jmc Exp $ -.\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 25 2011 $ .Dt MEMCPY 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -60,18 +60,26 @@ function returns the original value of .Xr memccpy 3 , .Xr memmove 3 , .Xr strcpy 3 , -.Xr strlcpy 3 +.Xr strlcpy 3 , +.Xr wmemcpy 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn memcpy function conforms to .St -ansiC . -.Sh BUGS +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn memcpy +function first appeared in +.At V +and was reimplemented for +.Bx 4.3 Tahoe . +.Sh CAVEATS In this implementation .Fn memcpy is implemented using .Xr bcopy 3 , and therefore the buffers may overlap. On other systems, copying overlapping buffers may produce surprises. -A simpler solution is to not use -.Fn memcpy . +A portable, safe solution is to use +.Xr memmove 3 . |