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<H1 CLASS='title'>Function Template <CODE>copy</CODE></H1>
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<H2>Description</H2>
<P>The function template <CODE>copy</CODE> reads data from a given model of <A HREF="../concepts/source.html">Source</A> &#8212; or from a standard input stream or stream buffer &#8212; and writes it to a given model of <A HREF="../concepts/sink.html">Sink</A> &#8212; or from a standard output stream or stream buffer &#8212; until the end of stream is reached. It returns the number of characters written.</P>
<P>The size of the temporary buffer used may be supplied as an optional parameter.</P>
<P>There are four overloads of <CODE>copy</CODE> to accommodate all combinations of <A HREF="../concepts/source.html">Sources</A> and <A HREF="../concepts/sink.html">Sinks</A>, which are passed by <CODE>const</CODE> reference, and streams and stream buffers, which are passed by non-<CODE>const</CODE> reference.</P>
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<DT><A CLASS='header' HREF='../../../../boost/iostreams/copy.hpp'><CODE>&lt;boost/iostreams/copy.hpp&gt;</CODE></A></DT>
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<PRE CLASS='broken_ie'><SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> boost { <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> iostreams {
<SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN>&lt;<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Source, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Sink&gt;
std::streamsize
copy( [<SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN>] Source& src, [<SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN>] Sink& sink,
std::streamsize buffer_size = <SPAN CLASS='omitted'>default value</SPAN> );
} } <SPAN CLASS='comment'>// End namespace boost::io</SPAN></PRE>
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