NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strcat, strncat - concatenate strings

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strcat(char * restrict s, const char * restrict append);

     char *
     strncat(char * restrict s, const char * restrict append, size_t count);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcat() and strncat() functions append a copy of the null-terminated
     string append to the end of the null-terminated string s, then add a terminating
 `\0'.  The string s must have sufficient space to hold the
     result.

     The strncat() function appends not more than count characters.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcat() and strncat() functions return the pointer s.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strlcat(3),
     strlcpy(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcat() and strncat() functions conform to .

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD