MEMCPY
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2014-03-17
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NAME
memcpy - copy memory area
 
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);
 
DESCRIPTION
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
The
memcpy()
function returns a pointer to dest.
 
ATTRIBUTES
 
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
memcpy()
function is thread-safe.
 
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
 
SEE ALSO
bcopy(3),
memccpy(3),
memmove(3),
mempcpy(3),
strcpy(3),
strncpy(3),
wmemcpy(3)
 Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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