STRMOVE(3pub)

✨ NAME ✨

strmove — bestie, it makes a copy of a string and handles overlapping strings correctly 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <publib.h>
char *strmove(char *tgt, const char *src);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so strmove copies the string src to tgt, literally just like strcpy(3) does — but here's the iconic part: it handles overlapping moves correctly ✨ (think memcpy(3) vs. memmove(3), iykyk).

No cap, if your strings overlap, this is the one you want. The plain strcpy(3) could never 💅

🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

strmove returns tgt. Periodt. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• publib(3)
• strcpy(3)
• memcpy(3)
• memmove(3)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi) — we stan 🫶

Publib • C Programmer's Manual • STRMOVE(3pub) — that's the whole vibe, bestie, go forth and move them strings safely ✨💖🎀🦋