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NAME

memccpy - copy memory area

SYNOPSIS

  #include <string.h>

  void *memccpy(void *restrict dest, const void *restrict 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.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see *attributes*(7).

Interface Attribute Value
*memccpy*() Thread safety MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO

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

COLOPHON

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Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-20 Sun 17:11