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.TH "BSON_COPY" "3" "2016\(hy10\(hy12" "libbson"
.SH NAME
bson_copy() \- The bson_copy() function shall copy the contents of a bson document into a new bson_t.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.nf
.nf
bson_t *
bson_copy (const bson_t *bson);
.fi
.fi

.SH "PARAMETERS"

.TP
.B
bson
A
.B bson_t
.
.LP

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

The
.B bson_copy(3)
function shall copy the contents of a bson document into a new
.B bson_t
.

The resulting
.B bson_t
should be freed with
.B bson_destroy(3)
.

.SH "RETURNS"

A newly allocated
.B bson_t
that should be freed with
.B bson_destroy(3)
.


.B
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of libbson.
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