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memccpy - copy memory area

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  ATTRIBUTES  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

NAME

memccpy − copy memory area

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc−lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

void *memccpy(size_t n;
void
dest[restrict n], const void src[restrict n],
int
c, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

The memccpy() function copies no more than n bytes from memory area src to memory area dest, stopping when the character c is found (c is copied).

If the memory areas overlap, the results are undefined.

RETURN VALUE

The memccpy() function returns a pointer to the next character in dest after c, or NULL if c was not found in the first n characters of src.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO

bcopy(3), bstring(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)


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