<TITLE>memcpy</TITLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <hr> <pre> <h3>MEMCPY(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMCPY(3) </h3> <h3>NAME </h3> memcpy - copy memory area <h3>SYNOPSIS </h3> #include <string.h> void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n); <h3>DESCRIPTION </h3> 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. <h3>RETURN VALUE </h3> The memcpy() function returns a pointer to dest. <h3>CONFORMING TO </h3> SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 </pre> <hr> <h3>SEE ALSO </h3><p> <a href=bcopy.htm>bcopy</a>, <a href=memccpy.htm>memccpy</a>, <a href=memmove.htm>memmove</a>, <a href=strcpy.htm>strcpy</a>, <a href=strncpy.htm>strncpy</a>, <pre> <h3>GNU April 10, 1993 1 </h3> </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../cref.html>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/funcref.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>