memccpy - copy memory area
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ memccpy() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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.
History
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
memccpy - copy memory area
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.
See Also
bcopy(3), bstring(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 memccpy(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<string.h>void*memccpy(voiddest[restrict.n],constvoidsrc[restrict.n],intc,size_tn);