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| STRNCPY(9) | Basic C Library Functions | STRNCPY(9) |
NAME¶
strncpy - Copy a length-limited, C-stringSYNOPSIS¶
char * strncpy(char * dest, const char * src, size_t count);
ARGUMENTS¶
char * destWhere to copy the string to
const char * src
Where to copy the string from
size_t 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.
COPYRIGHT¶
| July 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11 |