wmemmove(3) Library Functions Manual wmemmove(3)
NAME
wmemmove - copy an array of wide-characters
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wmemmove(wchar_t dest[.n], const wchar_t src[.n], size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The wmemmove() function is the wide-character equivalent of the mem-
move(3) function. It copies n wide characters from the array starting
at src to the array starting at dest. The arrays may overlap.
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least n wide char-
acters at dest.
RETURN VALUE
wmemmove() returns dest.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ wmemmove() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
SEE ALSO
memmove(3), wmemcpy(3)
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