From 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:22 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/man3/memmove.3 | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man3/memmove.3 (limited to 'man/man3/memmove.3') diff --git a/man/man3/memmove.3 b/man/man3/memmove.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..598fec7 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/memmove.3 @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" References consulted: +.\" Linux libc source code +.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) +.\" 386BSD man pages +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:49:59 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.TH memmove 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +memmove \- copy memory area +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include +.P +.BI "void *memmove(void " dest [. n "], const void " src [. n "], size_t " n ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR memmove () +function copies +.I n +bytes from memory area +.I src +to memory area +.IR dest . +The memory areas may overlap: copying takes place as though +the bytes in +.I src +are first copied into a temporary array that does not overlap +.I src +or +.IR dest , +and the bytes are then copied from the temporary array to +.IR dest . +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR memmove () +function returns a pointer to +.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 memmove () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR bcopy (3), +.BR bstring (3), +.BR memccpy (3), +.BR memcpy (3), +.BR strcpy (3), +.BR strncpy (3), +.BR wmemmove (3) -- cgit v1.2.3