Re: is memcpy a system call?

[rahul dev <rahul_dev_agg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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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