gl/memmove.c

   1 /* memmove.c -- copy memory.
   2    Copy LENGTH bytes from SOURCE to DEST.  Does not null-terminate.
   3    In the public domain.
   4    By David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.  */
   5
   6 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
   7 # include <config.h>
   8 #endif
   9
  10 void *
  11 memmove (dest, source, length)
  12      char *dest;
  13      const char *source;
  14      unsigned length;
  15 {
  16   char *d0 = dest;
  17   if (source < dest)
  18     /* Moving from low mem to hi mem; start at end.  */
  19     for (source += length, dest += length; length; --length)
  20       *--dest = *--source;
  21   else if (source != dest)
  22     {
  23       /* Moving from hi mem to low mem; start at beginning.  */
  24       for (; length; --length)
  25         *dest++ = *source++;
  26     }
  27   return (void *) d0;
  28 }