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MEMCPY

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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 may not overlap. Use memmove(3) if the memory areas do overlap.

RETURN VALUE

The memcpy() function returns a pointer to dest.

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

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


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