| STRNCPY(9) | Basic C Library Functions | STRNCPY(9) |
NAME¶
strncpy - Copy a length-limited, NUL-terminated stringSYNOPSIS¶
char *
strncpy(char * dest,
const char * src,
size_t count);
ARGUMENTS¶
destWhere to copy the string to
src
Where to copy the string from
count
The maximum number of bytes to copy
DESCRIPTION¶
The result is not NUL-terminated if the source exceeds count bytes. In the case where the length of src is less than that of count, the remainder of dest will be padded with NUL.COPYRIGHT¶
| March 2016 | Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2. |