STRNCPY
Section: Basic C Library Functions (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
strncpy - Copy a length-limited, NUL-terminated string
SYNOPSIS
-
char * strncpy(char * dest, const char * src, size_t count);
ARGUMENTS
dest
-
- Where to copy the string to
src
-
Where to copy the string from
count
-
The maximum number of bytes to copy
DESCRIPTION
The result is not
NUL-terminated
if the source exceeds
count
bytes.
In the case where the length of
src
is less than that of count, the remainder of
dest
will be padded with
NUL.
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