NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | CONFORMING TO | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

The Linux Programming Interface

MEMCPY(3)                     Linux Programmer's Manual                     MEMCPY(3)

NAME         top

       memcpy - copy memory area

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <string.h>

       void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The memcpy() function copies n bytes from memory area src to memory area dest.
       The memory areas must not overlap.  Use memmove(3) if the memory areas do
       overlap.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The memcpy() function returns a pointer to dest.

CONFORMING TO         top

       SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO         top

       bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memmove(3), mempcpy(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3),
       wmemcpy(3)

COLOPHON         top

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                                      2010-11-15                            MEMCPY(3)

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