NAME
memcpy —
copy bytes
SYNOPSIS
#include
<string.h>
void *
memcpy(void
*dst, const void
*src, size_t
len);
DESCRIPTION
Thememcpy()
function copies len bytes from buffer
src to buffer dst. If the two
buffers may overlap, memmove(3) must be used instead.
RETURN VALUES
The memcpy() function returns the original
value of dst.
SEE ALSO
bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strlcpy(3), wmemcpy(3)
STANDARDS
The memcpy() function conforms to
ANSI X3.159-1989
(“ANSI C89”).
HISTORY
The memcpy() function first appeared in
AT&T System V UNIX and was reimplemented
for 4.3BSD-Tahoe.