man3/wcscpy.3

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  16 .TH WCSCPY 3  2011-09-28 "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 \fIsrc\fP,
  33 including the terminating null wide character (L\(aq\\0\(aq),
  34 to the array pointed to by
  35 \fIdest\fP.
  36 .PP
  37 The strings may not overlap.
  38 .PP
  39 The programmer must ensure that there is
  40 room for at least \fIwcslen(src)+1\fP
  41 wide characters at \fIdest\fP.
  42 .SH RETURN VALUE
  43 .BR wcscpy ()
  44 returns \fIdest\fP.
  45 .SH CONFORMING TO
  46 C99.
  47 .SH SEE ALSO
  48 .BR strcpy (3),
  49 .BR wcpcpy (3),
  50 .BR wcscat (3),
  51 .BR wcsdup (3),
  52 .BR wmemcpy (3)