usr/src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3

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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
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.\"     @(#)strcpy.3    5.3 (Berkeley) %G%
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.Dd
.Dt STRCPY 3
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm strcpy
.Nd copy strings
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <string.h>
.Ft char *
.Fn strcpy "char *dst" "const char *src"
.Ft char *
.Fn strncpy "char *dst" "const char *src" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn strcpy
and
.Fn strncpy
functions
copy the string
.Fa src
to
.Fa dst
(including the terminating
.Ql \e0
character).
.Pp
The
.Fn strncpy
copies not more than
.Fa len
characters into
.Fa dst ,
appending
.Ql \e0
characters if
.Fa src
is less than
.Fa len
characters long, and
.Em not
terminating
.Fa dst
if
.Fa src
is more than
.Fa len
characters long.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn strcpy
and
.Fn strncpy
functions
return
.Fa dst .
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following sets
.Dq Li chararray
to
.Dq Li abc\e0\e0\e0 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
(void)strncpy(chararray, "abc", 6).
.Ed
.Pp
The following sets
.Dq Li chararray
to
.Dq Li abcdef :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
(void)strncpy(chararray, "abcdefgh", 6);
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bcopy 3 ,
.Xr memccpy 3 ,
.Xr memcpy 3 ,
.Xr memmove 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn strcpy
and
.Fn strncpy
functions
conform to
.St -ansiC .