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Name

memmove - copy memory area

Synopsis


#include <string.h>
void *memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);

Description

The memmove() function copies n bytes from memory area src to memory area dest. The memory areas may overlap: copying takes place as though the bytes in src are first copied into a temporary array that does not overlap src or dest, and the bytes are then copied from the temporary array to dest.

Return Value

The memmove() function returns a pointer to dest.

Attributes

Multithreading (see pthreads(7) )

The memmove() function is thread-safe.

Conforming to

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

See Also

bcopy(3) , memccpy(3) , memcpy(3) , strcpy(3) , strncpy(3) , wmemmove(3)

Colophon

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