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Per Amundsen, 02/08/2014 11:34 PM

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*/bcopy [-zc] <&binvar> <N> <&binvar> <S> <M>*
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Copies <M> bytes from position <S> in the second &binvar to the first &binvar at position <N>.
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This can also be used to copy overlapping parts of a &binvar to itself.
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*Switches*
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-z - The bytes in the second &binvar that is copied are zero-filled after the copy.
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-c - The first &binvar is chopped to <N> + <M>.
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*Parameters*
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<&binvar> - Target &binvar to copy to.
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<N> - Target position in the first &binvar to copy to.
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<&binvar> - Source &binvar to copy from.
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<S> - Source position to copy from.
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<M> - Number of bytes to copy.
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*Example*
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<pre>
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alias /example {
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  ;Create a binary variable and assign it some text
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  bset -t &example 1 This is a test!
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  ;Copy from 'example' from the 11th byte 10 bytes onward
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  ;Zero-fill the part that was copied
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  bcopy -z &example2 1 &example 11 10
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  ;Print out &example's content (up to the first null)
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  echo -a $bvar(&example, 1-).text
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  ;Print out &example2's content
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  echo -a $bvar(&example2, 1-).text 
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}
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</pre>