.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by .\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, .\" on Information Processing Systems. .\" .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% .\" .\" @(#)memmove.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93 .\" .Dd .Dt MEMMOVE 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm memmove .Nd copy byte string .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Ft void * .Fn memmove "void *dst" "const void *src" "size_t len" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn memmove function copies .Fa len bytes from string .Fa src to string .Fa dst . The two strings may overlap; the copy is always done in a non-destructive manner. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn memmove function returns the original value of .Fa dst . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bcopy 3 , .Xr memccpy 3 , .Xr memcpy 3 , .Xr strcpy 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn memmove function conforms to .St -ansiC .