NAME

       memmove - copy memory area

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       void *memmove(void *dest, const void *src, 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 │
       └───────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO

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

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GNU                                                2017-03-13                                         MEMMOVE(3)