.TH "memmove" 9 "memmove" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME memmove \- Copy one area of memory to another .SH SYNOPSIS .B "void *" memmove .BI "(void *" dest "," .BI "const void *" src "," .BI "size_t " count ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "dest" 12 Where to copy to .IP "src" 12 Where to copy from .IP "count" 12 The size of the area. .SH "DESCRIPTION" Unlike \fBmemcpy\fP, \fBmemmove\fP copes with overlapping areas.