Blame utils/memmove.c

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/* memmove.c -- copy memory.
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   Copy LENGTH bytes from SOURCE to DEST.  Does not null-terminate.
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   In the public domain.
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   By David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.  */
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#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
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#include <config.h>
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#endif
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void *
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memmove (destaddr, sourceaddr, length)
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     void *destaddr;
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     const void *sourceaddr;
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     unsigned length;
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{
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  char *dest = destaddr;
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  const char *source = sourceaddr;
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  if (source < dest)
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    /* Moving from low mem to hi mem; start at end.  */
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    for (source += length, dest += length; length; --length)
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      *--dest = *--source;
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  else if (source != dest)
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    /* Moving from hi mem to low mem; start at beginning.  */
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    for (; length; --length)
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      *dest++ = *source++;
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  return destaddr;
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}