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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-11-08 02:50:43 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-11-08 02:50:43 +0000
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+/* bcopy.c -- copy memory.
+ Copy LENGTH bytes from SOURCE to DEST. Does not null-terminate.
+ In the public domain.
+ By David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
+
+void
+bcopy (source, dest, length)
+ char *source, *dest;
+ unsigned length;
+{
+ if (source < dest)
+ /* Moving from low mem to hi mem; start at end. */
+ for (source += length, dest += length; length; --length)
+ *--dest = *--source;
+ else if (source != dest)
+ /* Moving from hi mem to low mem; start at beginning. */
+ for (; length; --length)
+ *dest++ = *source++;
+}