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+'\" t
+.\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+.\"
+.\" References consulted:
+.\" GNU glibc-2 source code and manual
+.\" Dinkumware C library reference http://www.dinkumware.com/
+.\" OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
+.\" ISO/IEC 9899:1999
+.\"
+.TH wmemcpy 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.SH NAME
+wmemcpy \- copy an array of wide-characters
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <wchar.h>
+.PP
+.BI "wchar_t *wmemcpy(wchar_t " dest "[restrict ." n ],
+.BI " const wchar_t " src "[restrict ." n ],
+.BI " size_t " n );
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR wmemcpy ()
+function is the wide-character equivalent of the
+.BR memcpy (3)
+function.
+It copies
+.I n
+wide characters from the array starting at
+.I src
+to the array starting at
+.IR dest .
+.PP
+The arrays may not overlap; use
+.BR wmemmove (3)
+to copy between overlapping
+arrays.
+.PP
+The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
+.I n
+wide
+characters at
+.IR dest .
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.BR wmemcpy ()
+returns
+.IR dest .
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR wmemcpy ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.SH STANDARDS
+C11, POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+POSIX.1-2001, C99.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR memcpy (3),
+.BR wcscpy (3),
+.BR wmemmove (3),
+.BR wmempcpy (3)