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| 3 | .\" Copyright 1995 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> | |
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| 25 | .TH STPCPY 3 1995-09-03 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
| 26 | .SH NAME | |
| 27 | stpcpy \- copy a string returning a pointer to its end | |
| 28 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 29 | .nf | |
| 30 | .B #define _GNU_SOURCE | |
| 31 | .br | |
| 32 | .B #include <string.h> | |
| 33 | .sp | |
| 34 | .BI "char *stpcpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src ); | |
| 35 | .fi | |
| 36 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 37 | The \fBstpcpy()\fP function copies the string pointed to by \fIsrc\fP | |
| 38 | (including the terminating `\\0' character) to the array pointed to by | |
| 39 | \fIdest\fP. The strings may not overlap, and the destination string | |
| 40 | \fIdest\fP must be large enough to receive the copy. | |
| 41 | .SH "RETURN VALUE" | |
| 42 | \fBstpcpy()\fP returns a pointer to the \fBend\fP of the string | |
| 43 | \fIdest\fP (that is, the address of the terminating null character) | |
| 44 | rather than the beginning. | |
| 45 | .SH EXAMPLE | |
| 46 | For example, this program uses \fBstpcpy\fP to concatenate \fBfoo\fP and | |
| 47 | \fBbar\fP to produce \fBfoobar\fP, which it then prints. | |
| 48 | .nf | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | #include <string.h> | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | int | |
| 53 | main (void) | |
| 54 | { | |
| 55 | char *to = buffer; | |
| 56 | to = stpcpy (to, "foo"); | |
| 57 | to = stpcpy (to, "bar"); | |
| 58 | printf ("%s\\n", buffer); | |
| 59 | } | |
| 60 | .fi | |
| 61 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" | |
| 62 | This function is not part of the ANSI or POSIX standards, and is | |
| 63 | not customary on Unix systems, but is not a GNU invention either. | |
| 64 | Perhaps it comes from MS-DOS. | |
| 65 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 66 | .BR bcopy (3), | |
| 67 | .BR memccpy (3), | |
| 68 | .BR memcpy (3), | |
| 69 | .BR memmove (3), | |
| 70 | .BR strcpy (3) |