linux man page for memcpy

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 should 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 3.27 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/.

								    1993-04-10								 MEMCPY(3)