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memmove(3)              Library Functions Manual              memmove(3)

NAME

       memmove - copy memory area

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       void *memmove(void dest[.n], const void src[.n], 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

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                           │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ memmove()                           │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

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

SEE ALSO

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

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                     memmove(3)

Pages that refer to this page: bcopy(3), bstring(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), mempcpy(3), wmemmove(3), signal-safety(7)

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