memccpy - Man Page
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).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
---|---|---|
memccpy() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
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)
Referenced By
bcopy(3), bstring(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), mempcpy(3), memstomp(1), signal-safety(7), string_copying(7).
2024-05-02 Linux man-pages 6.9.1