WCPCPY

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 1999-07-25
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NAME

wcpcpy - copy a wide-character string, returning a pointer to its end

SYNOPSIS

#define _GNU_SOURCE


#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *wcpcpy(wchar_t *dest, const wchar_t *src);

DESCRIPTION

The wcpcpy() function is the wide-character equivalent of the stpcpy(3) function. It copies the wide-character string pointed to by src, including the terminating Laq\0aq character, to the array pointed to by dest.

The strings may not overlap.

The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least wcslen(src)+1 wide characters at dest.

RETURN VALUE

wcpcpy() returns a pointer to the end of the wide-character string dest, that is, a pointer to the terminating Laq\0aq character.

CONFORMING TO

This function is a GNU extension.

COLOPHON

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