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1 /* bcopy.c -- copy memory.
2 Copy LENGTH bytes from SOURCE to DEST. Does not null-terminate.
3 In the public domain.
4 By David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
6 void
7 bcopy (source, dest, length)
8 char *source, *dest;
9 unsigned length;
11 if (source < dest)
12 /* Moving from low mem to hi mem; start at end. */
13 for (source += length, dest += length; length; --length)
14 *--dest = *--source;
15 else if (source != dest)
16 /* Moving from hi mem to low mem; start at beginning. */
17 for (; length; --length)
18 *dest++ = *source++;