MEMCPY(Y) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMCPY(Y) 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(e) 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(y), memccpy(y), memmove(e), strcpy(y), strncpy(y) GNU 1993-04-10 MEMCPY(Y)