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1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" Chris Torek.
6.\"
7.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
8.\"
9.\" @(#)strncat.3 5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
10.\"
11.TH STRNCAT 3 ""
12.UC 4
13.SH NAME
14strncat \- concatenate strings of limited length
15.SH SYNOPSIS
16.nf
17.ft B
18#include <string.h>
19
20char *
21strncat(char *s, const char *append, size_t count);
22.ft R
23.fi
24.SH DESCRIPTION
25.B Strncat
26appends at most
27.I count
28characters from the null-terminated string
29.I append
30to the end of the null-terminated string
31.IR s ,
32then adds a terminating '\e0'.
33.B Strncat
34returns the pointer
35.IR s .
36.SH SEE ALSO
37strcat(3)
38.SH STANDARDS
39.B Strncat
40conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').