NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strcpy, strncpy - copy strings

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strcpy(char * restrict dst, const char * restrict src);

     char *
     strncpy(char * restrict dst, const char * restrict src, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcpy() and strncpy() functions copy the string src to dst (including
 the terminating `\0' character).

     The strncpy() copies not more than len characters into dst, appending
     `\0' characters if src is less than len characters long, and not terminating
 dst if src is more than len characters long.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcpy() and strncpy() functions return dst.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following sets ``chararray'' to ``abc\0\0\0'':

           (void)strncpy(chararray, "abc", 6).

     The following sets ``chararray'' to ``abcdef'':

           (void)strncpy(chararray, "abcdefgh", 6);

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcpy() and strncpy() functions conform to .

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD