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14.\" ISO/IEC 9899:1999
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2d7fd8d8 16.TH WCSNCAT 3 2013-11-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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17.SH NAME
18wcsncat \- concatenate two wide-character strings
19.SH SYNOPSIS
20.nf
21.B #include <wchar.h>
22.sp
23.BI "wchar_t *wcsncat(wchar_t *" dest ", const wchar_t *" src ", size_t " n );
24.fi
25.SH DESCRIPTION
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26The
27.BR wcsncat ()
28function is the wide-character equivalent of the
29.BR strncat (3)
30function.
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31It copies at most
32.I n
33wide characters from the wide-character
34string pointed to by
35.I src
36to the end of the wide-character string pointed
37to by
38.IR dest ,
39and adds a terminating null wide character (L\(aq\\0\(aq).
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40.PP
41The strings may not overlap.
42.PP
43The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
bd18d734 44.IR wcslen(dest) + n +1
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45wide characters at
46.IR dest .
47297adb 47.SH RETURN VALUE
60a90ecd 48.BR wcsncat ()
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49returns
50.IR dest .
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51.SH ATTRIBUTES
52.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
53The
54.BR wcsncat ()
55function is thread-safe.
47297adb 56.SH CONFORMING TO
68e1685c 57C99.
47297adb 58.SH SEE ALSO
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59.BR strncat (3),
60.BR wcscat (3)