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<html> <head> <title>memmove</title> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="memmove"> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" ALINK="#0000ff" TEXT="#000000"> <center> <h1>memmove</h1></center> <PRE> <A HREF="/man3/MEMMOVE">MEMMOVE(3)</A> Linux Programmer's Manual <A HREF="/man3/MEMMOVE">MEMMOVE(3)</A> NAME memmove - copy memory area SYNOPSIS #include <string.h> void *memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n); DESCRIPTION The memmove() function copies n bytes from memory area src to memory area dest. The memory areas may overlap: copying takes place as though the bytes in src are first copied into a temporary array that does not overlap src or dest, and the bytes are then copied from the temporary array to dest. RETURN VALUE The memmove() function returns a pointer to dest. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at- <A HREF="/man7/tributes">tributes(7)</A>. +----------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +----------+---------------+---------+ |memmove() | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +----------+---------------+---------+ CONFORMING TO POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD. SEE ALSO <A HREF="/man3/bcopy">bcopy(3)</A>, <A HREF="/man3/bstring">bstring(3)</A>, <A HREF="/man3/memccpy">memccpy(3)</A>, <A HREF="/man3/memcpy">memcpy(3)</A>, <A HREF="/man3/strcpy">strcpy(3)</A>, <A HREF="/man3/strncpy">strncpy(3)</A>, <A HREF="/man3/wmemmove">wmemmove(3)</A> COLOPHON This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux 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/. GNU 2017-03-13 <A HREF="/man3/MEMMOVE">MEMMOVE(3)</A></PRE> <center> <h6>Man Pages Copyright Respective Owners. Site Copyright (C) 1994 - 2025 <a href="http://www.he.net">Hurricane Electric</a>. All Rights Reserved.</h6></center> </body> </html>

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