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+.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
+.\"
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+.\" References consulted:
+.\" Linux libc source code
+.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
+.\" 386BSD man pages
+.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:49:59 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.TH MEMMOVE 3 1993-04-10 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+memmove \- copy memory area
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <string.h>
+.sp
+.BI "void *memmove(void *" dest ", const void *" src ", size_t " n );
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The \fBmemmove()\fP function copies \fIn\fP bytes from memory area
+\fIsrc\fP to memory area \fIdest\fP. The memory areas may overlap.
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+The \fBmemmove()\fP function returns a pointer to \fIdest\fP.
+.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR bcopy (3),
+.BR memccpy (3),
+.BR memcpy (3),
+.BR strcpy (3),
+.BR strncpy (3),
+.BR wmemmove (3)