Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 6 authors, 2012-06-12

is memcpy a system call?

From: rahul dev <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-08 15:18:54

Is memcpy a system call?

Thanks in advnace,
memcpy is *not* a system call. It is a standard C library function.
System calls are those where you enter the kernel mode and ask your OS to do something for you (like read/write from disk).

For memory copy you don't need to take the service of OS. 
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