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.\" Copyright, Free Software Foundation
.\" Copyright, the authors of the Linux man-pages project
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later
.\"
.TH mempcpy 3 2025-06-28 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
mempcpy, wmempcpy \- copy memory area
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <string.h>
.P
.BR "void *mempcpy(" "size_t n;"
.BI " void " dest "[restrict " n "], const void " src "[restrict " n ],
.BI " size_t " n );
.P
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <wchar.h>
.P
.BR "wchar_t *wmempcpy(" "size_t n;"
.BI " wchar_t " dest "[restrict " n "], const wchar_t " src "[restrict " n ],
.BI " size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR mempcpy ()
function is nearly identical to the
.BR memcpy (3)
function.
It copies
.I n
bytes from the object beginning at
.I src
into the object pointed to by
.IR dest .
But instead of returning the value of
.I dest
it returns a pointer to the byte following the last written byte.
.P
This function is useful in situations where a number of objects
shall be copied to consecutive memory positions.
.P
The
.BR wmempcpy ()
function is identical but takes
.I wchar_t
type arguments and copies
.I n
wide characters.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.I dest
+
.IR n .
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR mempcpy (),
.BR wmempcpy ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
GNU.
.SH HISTORY
glibc 2.1.
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
void *
combine(void *o1, size_t s1, void *o2, size_t s2)
{
void *result = malloc(s1 + s2);
if (result != NULL)
mempcpy(mempcpy(result, o1, s1), o2, s2);
return result;
}
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR memccpy (3),
.BR memcpy (3),
.BR memmove (3),
.BR wmemcpy (3)
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