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



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)

COLOPHON
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                                            2014-03-17                                  MEMCPY(3)