NAME¶

memccpy - copy memory area

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <string.h>

void *memccpy(void dest[restrict .n], const void src[restrict .n],
              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).

STANDARDS¶

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY¶

POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO¶

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