NAME

memmove - memory move

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>  // see memory.h(3head)

void *memmove(size_t n;
              void dest[n], const void src[n], size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

This function is similar to memcpy(3), but the memory areas may overlap.

RETURN VALUE

See memcpy(3).

ATTRIBUTES

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

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO

memory.h(3head), memcpy(3), wmemmove(3)