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.TH LIBSIMPLE_MEMPCPY 3 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_mempcpy \- copy an array of bytes into another

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libsimple.h>

static inline void *libsimple_mempcpy(void *restrict \fIdest\fP, const void *restrict \fIsrc\fP, size_t \fIn\fP);

#ifndef mempcpy
# define mempcpy libsimple_mempcpy
#endif
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lsimple .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_mempcpy ()
function copies the first
.I n
bytes of
.I src
into
.IR dest .
The first
.I n
bytes of
.I dest
must not overlap with the first
.I n
bytes of
.IR src .

.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_mempcpy ()
function returns the pointer
.I dest
with the offset
.I n
(the byte where the copy stopped).

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_mempcpy ()
function cannot fail.

.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR libsimple_mempcpy ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_mempcpy ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_mempcpy ()
T}	Async-cancel safety	AC-Safe
.TE

.SH EXAMPLES
None.

.SH APPLICATION USAGE
None.

.SH RATIONALE
None.

.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

.SH NOTES
None.

.SH BUGS
None.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libsimple_mempmove (3),
.BR libsimple_mempset (3),
.BR memcpy (3),
.BR stpncpy (3),
.BR stpcpy (3)