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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 b/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80a8629 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/string/memcpy.3 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)memcpy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt MEMCPY 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm memcpy +.Nd copy byte string +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In string.h +.Ft void * +.Fn memcpy "void *dst" "const void *src" "size_t len" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn memcpy +function +copies +.Fa len +bytes from string +.Fa src +to string +.Fa dst . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn memcpy +function +returns the original value of +.Fa dst . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bcopy 3 , +.Xr memccpy 3 , +.Xr memmove 3 , +.Xr strcpy 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn memcpy +function +conforms to +.St -isoC . +.Sh BUGS +In this implementation +.Fn memcpy +is implemented using +.Xr bcopy 3 , +and therefore the strings may overlap. +On other systems, copying overlapping strings may produce surprises. +Programs intended to be portable should use +.Xr memmove 3 +when +.Fa src +and +.Fa dst +may overlap. |