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

RETURN VALUE
       The memcpy() function returns a pointer to dest.

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
       This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project,  and  information  about
       reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



                                                           1993-04-10                                                  MEMCPY(3)