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memccpy

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copy memory area

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#include <string.h> void *memccpy(void dest[restrict .n], const void src[restrict .n], int c, size_t n);

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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.

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).

Interface Attribute Value
memccpy () Thread safety MT-Safe

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

See also