STRNCPY(3) NEWLIB STRNCPY(3)NAME
6.31 `strncpy'--counted copy string
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
char *strncpy(char *DST, const char *SRC, size_t LENGTH);
DESCRIPTION
`strncpy' copies not more than LENGTH characters from the the string
pointed to by SRC (including the terminating null character) to the
array pointed to by DST. If the string pointed to by SRC is shorter
than LENGTH characters, null characters are appended to the destination
array until a total of LENGTH characters have been written.
RETURNS
This function returns the initial value of DST.
PORTABILITY
`strncpy' is ANSI C.
`strncpy' requires no supporting OS subroutines.
SEE ALSOstrncpy is part of the library. The full documentation for is main‐
tained as a Texinfo manual. If info and are properly installed at your
site, the command
info
will give you access to the complete manual.
NEWLIB April 2010 STRNCPY(3)
