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[coreutils.git] / lib / memcpy.c
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1 /* Copyright (C) 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
4 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
5 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
6 any later version.
8 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
11 GNU General Public License for more details.
13 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
14 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
15 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
17 /* Written by Jim Meyering <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>. */
19 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
20 # include <config.h>
21 #endif
23 /* Copy LEN bytes starting at SRCADDR to DESTADDR. Result undefined
24 if the source overlaps with the destination.
25 Return DESTADDR. */
27 char *
28 memcpy (destaddr, srcaddr, len)
29 char *destaddr;
30 const char *srcaddr;
31 int len;
33 char *dest = destaddr;
35 while (len-- > 0)
36 *destaddr++ = *srcaddr++;
37 return dest;