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.TH MEMMOVE 3  2017-03-13 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
memmove \- copy memory area
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <string.h>
.sp
.BI "void *memmove(void *" dest ", const void *" src ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR memmove ()
function copies
.I n
bytes from memory area
.I src
to memory area
.IR dest .
The memory areas may overlap: copying takes place as though
the bytes in
.I src
are first copied into a temporary array that does not overlap
.I src
or
.IR dest ,
and the bytes are then copied from the temporary array to
.IR dest .
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR memmove ()
function returns a pointer to
.IR dest .
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR memmove ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR bcopy (3),
.BR bstring (3),
.BR memccpy (3),
.BR memcpy (3),
.BR strcpy (3),
.BR strncpy (3),
.BR wmemmove (3)
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.10 of the Linux
.I man-pages
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
\%https://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.