STRLCPY

Section: (9)
Updated: 17 July 2003
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NAME

strlcpy - Copy a NUL terminated string into a sized buffer  

SYNOPSIS

size_t strlcpy (char * dest, const char * src, size_t size);  

ARGUMENTS

dest
Where to copy the string to
src
Where to copy the string from
size
size of destination buffer
 

BSD

the result is always a valid NUL-terminated string that fits in the buffer (unless, of course, the buffer size is zero). It does not pad out the result like strncpy does.  

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