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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 3 | .\" | |
| 4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
| 5 | .\" Chris Torek. | |
| 6 | .\" | |
| 7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% | |
| 8 | .\" | |
| b8dfab23 | 9 | .\" @(#)memmove.3 5.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
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10 | .\" |
| 11 | .TH MEMMOVE 3 "" | |
| 12 | .UC 7 | |
| 13 | .SH NAME | |
| 14 | memmove \- copy byte string | |
| 15 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 16 | .nf | |
| 17 | .ft B | |
| 18 | #include <string.h> | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | void * | |
| 21 | memmove(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len); | |
| 22 | .ft R | |
| 23 | .fi | |
| 24 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 25 | .B Memmove | |
| 26 | copies | |
| 27 | .I len | |
| 28 | bytes from string | |
| 29 | .I src | |
| 30 | to string | |
| 31 | .I dst | |
| 32 | and returns the original value of | |
| 33 | .IR dst . | |
| 34 | The two strings may overlap; | |
| 35 | the copy is always done in a non-destructive manner. | |
| 36 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| b8dfab23 | 37 | bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), strcpy(3) |
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38 | .SH STANDARDS |
| 39 | .IR Memmove | |
| 40 | conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C''). |