MEMCCPY

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2009-01-13
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NAME

memccpy - copy memory area  

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

void *memccpy(void *dest, const void *src, int c, size_t n);
 

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.  

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.  

SEE ALSO

bcopy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)  

COLOPHON

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