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.\"     Title: memmove
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.\"      Date: April 2019
.\"    Manual: Basic C Library Functions
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.9.168
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.TH "MEMMOVE" "9" "April 2019" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.9\&." "Basic C Library Functions"
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.SH "NAME"
memmove \- Copy one area of memory to another
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ *\ memmove('u
.BI "void * memmove(void\ *\ " "dest" ", const\ void\ *\ " "src" ", size_t\ " "count" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdest\fR
.RS 4
Where to copy to
.RE
.PP
\fIsrc\fR
.RS 4
Where to copy from
.RE
.PP
\fIcount\fR
.RS 4
The size of the area\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Unlike
\fBmemcpy\fR,
\fBmemmove\fR
copes with overlapping areas\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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