Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 02:31:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Marcelo Araujo <araujo@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r286715 - head/lib/libc/string Message-ID: <201508130231.t7D2VOhc069855@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: araujo Date: Thu Aug 13 02:31:23 2015 New Revision: 286715 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/286715 Log: Remove the mention of memcpy(3) that is build on top of bcopy(3). Fix some phrases to make it more clear. Differential Revision: D3378 Reported by: bde@ Reviewed by: wblock Approved by: bapt, rodrigc (mentor) Sponsored by: gandi.net Modified: head/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 Thu Aug 13 01:04:26 2015 (r286714) +++ head/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3 Thu Aug 13 02:31:23 2015 (r286715) @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 11, 2015 +.Dd August 13, 2015 .Dt BCOPY 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -58,16 +58,14 @@ If .Fa len is zero, no bytes are copied. .Pp -This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in -POSIX.1-2001): use -.Xr memcpy 3 -or +This function is obsolete (marked as LEGACY in +POSIX.1-2001): please use .Xr memmove 3 in new programs. -Note that the first two arguments are -interchanged for -.Xr memcpy 3 -and +Note that +.Fn bcopy +takes its src and dst arguments in the opposite +order from .Xr memmove 3 . POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of .Fn bcopy .
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