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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 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)