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.TH "STRLCPY" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
strlcpy \- Copy a NUL terminated string into a sized buffer
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
size_t strlcpy  (char * \fIdest\fB, const char * \fIsrc\fB, size_t \fIsize\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdest\fB\fR
Where to copy the string to
.TP
\fB\fIsrc\fB\fR
Where to copy the string from
.TP
\fB\fIsize\fB\fR
size of destination buffer
.SH "BSD"
.PP
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 \fBstrncpy\fR does.