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