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14 .TH STPNCPY 3 2016-03-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
16 stpncpy \- copy a fixed-size string, returning a pointer to its end
19 .B #include <string.h>
21 .BI "char *stpncpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n );
25 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
26 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
35 _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L
45 function copies at most
47 characters from the string
50 including the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq),
51 to the array pointed to by
55 characters are written at
62 remaining characters in the array pointed to by
65 with null bytes (\(aq\\0\(aq),
68 is greater than or equal to
70 the string pointed to by
73 not be null-terminated.
75 The strings may not overlap.
77 The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
84 returns a pointer to the terminating null byte
89 is not null-terminated,
92 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
98 Interface Attribute Value
101 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
104 This function was added to POSIX.1-2008.
105 Before that, it was a GNU extension.
106 It first appeared in version 1.07 of the GNU C library in 1993.