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)