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5b2abdfb 28.\" @(#)memccpy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
1f2f436a 29.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/memccpy.3,v 1.7 2007/01/09 00:28:12 imp Exp $
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31.Dd June 9, 1993
32.Dt MEMCCPY 3
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33.Os
34.Sh NAME
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35.Nm memccpy
36.Nd copy string until character found
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37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
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40.In string.h
41.Ft void *
42.Fn memccpy "void *dst" "const void *src" "int c" "size_t len"
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43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
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45.Fn memccpy
46function
47copies bytes from string
48.Fa src
49to string
50.Fa dst .
51If the character
52.Fa c
53(as converted to an unsigned char) occurs in the string
54.Fa src ,
55the copy stops and a pointer to the byte after the copy of
56.Fa c
57in the string
58.Fa dst
59is returned.
60Otherwise,
e9ce8d39 61.Fa len
5b2abdfb 62bytes are copied, and a NULL pointer is returned.
e9ce8d39 63.Sh SEE ALSO
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64.Xr bcopy 3 ,
65.Xr memcpy 3 ,
66.Xr memmove 3 ,
67.Xr strcpy 3
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68.Sh HISTORY
69The
5b2abdfb 70.Fn memccpy
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71function first appeared in
72.Bx 4.4 .