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Name

memccpy — copy memory area

Synopsis

#include <string.h>
void *memccpy( void *dest,
  const void *src,
  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.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

bcopy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strncpy(3)

COLOPHON

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