memccpy(3) Library Functions Manual memccpy(3)
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 attrib-
utes(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)
Linux man-pages 6.7 2023-10-31 memccpy(3)
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