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memcpy(3) [redhat man page]

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 may not overlap. Use memmove(3) if the memory areas do overlap. RETURN VALUE
The memcpy() function returns a pointer to dest. CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 SEE ALSO
bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3) GNU
1993-04-10 MEMCPY(3)
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