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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1992-11-08 02:50:43 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1992-11-08 02:50:43 +0000 |
commit | b25038ce9a234ea0906ddcbd8a0012e917e6c661 (patch) | |
tree | a4360f1b307910d9266f65fc851479c218219009 /lib/bcopy.c | |
parent | f33e06711c51330972e2adf07d21a4e69c8f44f6 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-b25038ce9a234ea0906ddcbd8a0012e917e6c661.tar.xz |
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diff --git a/lib/bcopy.c b/lib/bcopy.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a8991c570 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/bcopy.c @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +/* 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++; +} |