NAME¶
stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <string.h>
char *stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
DESCRIPTION¶
The stpcpy() function copies the string pointed to by src
(including the terminating `\0' character) to the array pointed to by
dest. The strings may not overlap, and the destination string
dest must be large enough to receive the copy.
RETURN VALUE¶
stpcpy() returns a pointer to the end of the string dest
(that is, the address of the terminating null character) rather than the
beginning.
EXAMPLE¶
For example, this program uses stpcpy to concatenate foo and
bar to produce foobar, which it then prints.
#include <string.h>
int
main (void)
{
char *to = buffer;
to = stpcpy (to, "foo");
to = stpcpy (to, "bar");
printf ("%s\n", buffer);
}
This function is not part of the ANSI or POSIX standards, and is not customary
on Unix systems, but is not a GNU invention either. Perhaps it comes from
MS-DOS.
