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        !             3: memmove()                String Function                memmove()
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        !             8: Copy region of memory into area it overlaps
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        !            10: #include <string.h>
        !            11: cchhaarr *mmeemmmmoovvee(_r_e_g_i_o_n_1, _r_e_g_i_o_n_2, _c_o_u_n_t);
        !            12: cchhaarr *_r_e_g_i_o_n_1, cchhaarr *_r_e_g_i_o_n_2, uunnssiiggnneedd iinntt _c_o_u_n_t;
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        !            14: memmove  copies  count  characters  from  region2  into  region1.
        !            15: Unlike memcpy, memmove  correctly copies the region pointed to by
        !            16: region2 into  that pointed by  region1 even if  they overlap.  To
        !            17: ``correctly copy'' means that the overlap does not propagate, not
        !            18: that  the  moved data  stay  intact.   Unlike the  string-copying
        !            19: routines strcpy and strncpy, memmove continues to copy even if it
        !            20: encounters a null character.
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        !            22: memmove returns region1.
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        !            24: ***** See Also *****
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        !            26: string functions, string.h
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        !            28: ***** Notes *****
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        !            30: region1 should  point to enough reserved memory  to hold the con-
        !            31: tents of region2.  Otherwise, code or data will be overwritten.
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