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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>

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 HISTORY
libsimple 1.0

.SH BUGS
None.

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