man3/wcscat.3

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  16 .TH WCSCAT 3  2019-03-06 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  17 .SH NAME
  18 wcscat \- concatenate two wide-character strings
  19 .SH SYNOPSIS
  20 .nf
  21 .B #include <wchar.h>
  22 .PP
  23 .BI "wchar_t *wcscat(wchar_t *" dest ", const wchar_t *" src );
  24 .fi
  25 .SH DESCRIPTION
  26 The
  27 .BR wcscat ()
  28 function is the wide-character equivalent
  29 of the
  30 .BR strcat (3)
  31 function.
  32 It copies the wide-character string pointed to by
  33 .IR src ,
  34 including the terminating null wide character (L\(aq\e0\(aq),
  35 to the end of the wide-character string pointed to by
  36 .IR dest .
  37 .PP
  38 The strings may not overlap.
  39 .PP
  40 The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
  41 .IR wcslen(dest) + wcslen(src) +1
  42 wide characters at
  43 .IR dest .
  44 .SH RETURN VALUE
  45 .BR wcscat ()
  46 returns
  47 .IR dest .
  48 .SH ATTRIBUTES
  49 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
  50 .BR attributes (7).
  51 .TS
  52 allbox;
  53 lb lb lb
  54 l l l.
  55 Interface       Attribute       Value
  56 T{
  57 .BR wcscat ()
  58 T}      Thread safety   MT-Safe
  59 .TE
  60 .SH CONFORMING TO
  61 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
  62 .SH SEE ALSO
  63 .BR strcat (3),
  64 .BR wcpcpy (3),
  65 .BR wcscpy (3),
  66 .BR wcsncat (3)