.TH "strncat" 9 "strncat" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME strncat \- Append a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string to another .SH SYNOPSIS .B "char *" strncat .BI "(char *" dest "," .BI "const char *" src "," .BI "size_t " count ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "dest" 12 The string to be appended to .IP "src" 12 The string to append to it .IP "count" 12 The maximum numbers of bytes to copy .SH "DESCRIPTION" Note that in contrast to strncpy, strncat ensures the result is terminated.