.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by .\" Chris Torek. .\" .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% .\" .\" @(#)memcpy.3 5.2 (Berkeley) 06/24/90 .\" .TH MEMCPY 3 "" .UC 7 .SH NAME memcpy \- copy byte string .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .ft B #include void * memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len); .ft R .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B Memcpy copies .I len bytes from string .I src to string .I dst and returns the original value of .IR dst . .SH SEE ALSO bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3) .SH STANDARDS .IR Memcpy conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C''). .SH BUGS In this implementation .B memcpy is implemented using .IR bcopy (3), and therefore the strings may overlap. On other systems, copying overlapping strings may produce surprises. A simpler solution is to not use .IR memcpy .