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.TH STPNCPY 3 2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
stpncpy \- copy a fixed-size string, returning a pointer to its end
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <string.h>
.sp
.BI "char *stpncpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n );
.fi
.sp
.in -4n
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.in
.sp
.BR stpncpy ():
.PD 0
.ad l
.RS 4
.TP 4
Since glibc 2.10:
_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 700 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L
.TP
Before glibc 2.10:
_GNU_SOURCE
.RE
.ad
.PD
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR stpncpy ()
function copies at most \fIn\fP characters from the string
pointed to by \fIsrc\fP, including the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq),
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to the array pointed to by \fIdest\fP.
Exactly \fIn\fP characters are written at
\fIdest\fP.
If the length \fIstrlen(src)\fP is smaller than \fIn\fP, the
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remaining characters in the array pointed to by \fIdest\fP are filled
with null bytes (\(aq\\0\(aq),
If the length \fIstrlen(src)\fP is greater or equal to
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\fIn\fP, the string pointed to by \fIdest\fP will
not be null-terminated.
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.PP
The strings may not overlap.
.PP
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least \fIn\fP characters
at \fIdest\fP.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.BR stpncpy ()
returns a pointer to the terminating null byte
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in \fIdest\fP, or, if \fIdest\fP is not null-terminated,
\fIdest + n\fP.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
This function was added to POSIX.1-2008. Before that, it was a GNU extension.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR strncpy (3),
.BR wcpncpy (3)