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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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