man3/wcscpy.3

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  16 .TH WCSCPY 3  2013-12-02 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  17 .SH NAME
  18 wcscpy \- copy a wide-character string
  19 .SH SYNOPSIS
  20 .nf
  21 .B #include <wchar.h>
  22 .sp
  23 .BI "wchar_t *wcscpy(wchar_t *" dest ", const wchar_t *" src );
  24 .fi
  25 .SH DESCRIPTION
  26 The
  27 .BR wcscpy ()
  28 function is the wide-character equivalent
  29 of the
  30 .BR strcpy (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\\0\(aq),
  35 to the array pointed to by
  36 .IR dest .
  37 .PP
  38 The strings may not overlap.
  39 .PP
  40 The programmer must ensure that there is
  41 room for at least
  42 .IR "wcslen(src)+1"
  43 wide characters at
  44 .IR dest .
  45 .SH RETURN VALUE
  46 .BR wcscpy ()
  47 returns
  48 .IR dest .
  49 .SH ATTRIBUTES
  50 .SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
  51 The
  52 .BR wcscpy ()
  53 function is thread-safe.
  54 .SH CONFORMING TO
  55 C99.
  56 .SH SEE ALSO
  57 .BR strcpy (3),
  58 .BR wcpcpy (3),
  59 .BR wcscat (3),
  60 .BR wcsdup (3),
  61 .BR wmemcpy (3)