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31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd June 9, 1993
32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt MEMCCPY 3
33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm memccpy
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd copy string until character found
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In string.h
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft void *
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memccpy "void *dst" "const void *src" "int c" "size_t len"
43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
44*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memccpy
46*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction
47*2fe8fb19SBen Grascopies bytes from string
48*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa src
49*2fe8fb19SBen Grasto string
50*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa dst .
51*2fe8fb19SBen GrasIf the character
52*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa c
53*2fe8fb19SBen Gras(as converted to an unsigned char) occurs in the string
54*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa src ,
55*2fe8fb19SBen Grasthe copy stops and a pointer to the byte after the copy of
56*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa c
57*2fe8fb19SBen Grasin the string
58*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa dst
59*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis returned.
60*2fe8fb19SBen GrasOtherwise,
61*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa len
62*2fe8fb19SBen Grasbytes are copied, and a null pointer is returned.
63*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
64*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr bcopy 3 ,
65*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memcpy 3 ,
66*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memmove 3 ,
67*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strcpy 3
68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
69*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn memccpy
71*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction first appeared in
72*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bx 4.4 .
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