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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 must 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 3.44 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/. 2010-11-15 MEMCPY(3)
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