man3/wcsncat.3

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  16 .TH WCSNCAT 3  2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  17 .SH NAME
  18 wcsncat \- 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
  26 The
  27 .BR wcsncat ()
  28 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
  29 .BR strncat (3)
  30 function.
  31 It copies at most \fIn\fP wide characters from the wide-character
  32 string pointed to by \fIsrc\fP to the end of the wide-character string pointed
  33 to by \fIdest\fP, and adds a terminating null wide character (L\(aq\\0\(aq).
  34 .PP
  35 The strings may not overlap.
  36 .PP
  37 The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
  38 \fIwcslen(dest) + n + 1\fP wide characters at \fIdest\fP.
  39 .SH RETURN VALUE
  40 .BR wcsncat ()
  41 returns \fIdest\fP.
  42 .SH CONFORMING TO
  43 C99.
  44 .SH SEE ALSO
  45 .BR strncat (3),
  46 .BR wcscat (3)