STRNCPY
Section: (9)
Updated: 07 August 2003
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NAME
strncpy - Copy a length-limited, NUL-terminated string
SYNOPSIS
char * strncpy (char * dest, const char * src, size_t count);
ARGUMENTS
- dest
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Where to copy the string to
- src
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Where to copy the string from
- count
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The maximum number of bytes to copy
DESCRIPTION
Note that unlike userspace strncpy, this does not NUL-pad the buffer.
However, the result is not NUL-terminated if the source exceeds
count bytes.
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.
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