MEMCPY(3P)                                          POSIX Programmer's Manual                                         MEMCPY(3P)



PROLOG
       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (con-
       sult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface  may  not  be  implemented  on
       Linux.

NAME
       memcpy - copy bytes in memory

SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>

       void *memcpy(void *restrict s1, const void *restrict s2, size_t n);


DESCRIPTION
       The  memcpy()  function  shall copy n bytes from the object pointed to by s2 into the object pointed to by s1. If copying
       takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUE
       The memcpy() function shall return s1; no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       The memcpy() function does not check for the overflow of the receiving memory area.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <string.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003  Edition,  Standard  for
       Information  Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard  is  the  referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained   online   at   http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                    MEMCPY(3P)