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| 12 |     <H1 CLASS="title">Function Template <CODE>copy</CODE></H1> | 
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| 23 | <A NAME="description"></A> | 
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| 24 | <H2>Description</H2> | 
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| 26 | <P>The function template <CODE>copy</CODE> reads data from a given model of <A HREF="../concepts/source.html">Source</A> and writes it to a given model of <A HREF="../concepts/sink.html">Sink</A> until the end of stream is reached. It then closes both components, using the function template <A HREF="close.html"><CODE>close</CODE></A>, and returns the number of characters written.</P> | 
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| 28 | <P>The size of the temporary buffer used may be supplied as an optional parameter.</P> | 
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| 30 | <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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| 36 |   <DT><A CLASS="header" HREF="../../../../boost/iostreams/copy.hpp"><CODE><boost/iostreams/copy.hpp></CODE></A></DT> | 
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| 42 | <PRE CLASS="broken_ie"><SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> boost { <SPAN CLASS="keyword">namespace</SPAN> iostreams { | 
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| 44 | <SPAN CLASS="keyword">template</SPAN><<SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Source, <SPAN CLASS="keyword">typename</SPAN> Sink> | 
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| 45 | std::streamsize | 
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| 46 | copy( [<SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN>] Source& src, [<SPAN CLASS="keyword">const</SPAN>] Sink& sink, | 
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| 47 |       std::streamsize buffer_size = <SPAN CLASS="omitted">default value</SPAN> ); | 
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| 49 | } } <SPAN CLASS="comment">// End namespace boost::io</SPAN></PRE> | 
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| 55 | <P CLASS="copyright">Revised | 
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| 57 | 20 May, 2004 | 
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| 61 | <P CLASS="copyright">© Copyright <A HREF="http://www.kangaroologic.com" TARGET="_top">Jonathan Turkanis</A>, 2004</P> | 
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| 63 |     Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <A HREF="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</A>) | 
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