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| .TH MEMMOVE 3 1993-04-10 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| memmove \- copy memory area |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <string.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "void *memmove(void *" dest ", const void *" src ", size_t " n ); |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The \fBmemmove\fP() function copies \fIn\fP bytes from memory area |
| \fIsrc\fP to memory area \fIdest\fP. The memory areas may overlap. |
| .SH "RETURN VALUE" |
| The \fBmemmove\fP() function returns a pointer to \fIdest\fP. |
| .SH "CONFORMING TO" |
| SVID 3, 4.3BSD, ISO 9899 |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR bcopy (3), |
| .BR memccpy (3), |
| .BR memcpy (3), |
| .BR strcpy (3), |
| .BR strncpy (3), |
| .BR wmemmove (3) |