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32.\" $OpenBSD: strcpy.3,v 1.12 2003/06/02 20:18:38 millert Exp $
33.\"
34.Dd June 29, 1991
35.Dt STRCPY 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm strcpy ,
39.Nm strncpy
40.Nd copy strings
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <string.h>
43.Ft char *
44.Fn strcpy "char *dst" "const char *src"
45.Ft char *
46.Fn strncpy "char *dst" "const char *src" "size_t len"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn strcpy
50and
51.Fn strncpy
52functions copy the string
53.Fa src
54to
55.Fa dst
56(including the terminating
57.Ql \e0
58character).
59.Pp
60.Fn strncpy
61copies not more than
62.Fa len
63characters into
64.Fa dst ,
65appending
66.Ql \e0
67characters if
68.Fa src
69is less than
70.Fa len
71characters long, and
72.Em not
73terminating
74.Fa dst
75if the length of
76.Fa src
77is greater than or equal to
78.Fa len .
79.Sh RETURN VALUES
80The
81.Fn strcpy
82and
83.Fn strncpy
84functions return
85.Fa dst .
86.Sh EXAMPLES
87The following sets
88.Va chararray
89to
90.Dq abc\e0\e0\e0 :
91.Bd -literal -offset indent
92(void)strncpy(chararray, "abc", 6);
93.Ed
94.Pp
95The following sets
96.Va chararray
97to
98.Dq abcdef
99and does
100.Em not
101null terminate
102.Va chararray
103because the source string is >= the length parameter.
104.Fn strncpy
105.Em only
106null terminates the destination string when the length of the source
107string is less than the length parameter.
108.Bd -literal -offset indent
109(void)strncpy(chararray, "abcdefgh", 6);
110.Ed
111.Pp
112The following copies as many characters from
113.Va input
114to
115.Va buf
116as will fit and null terminates the result.
117Because
118.Fn strncpy
119does
120.Em not
121guarantee to null terminate the string itself, we must do this by hand.
122.Bd -literal -offset indent
123char buf[BUFSIZ];
124
125(void)strncpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf) - 1);
126buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\e0';
127.Ed
128.Pp
129Note that
130.Xr strlcpy 3
131is a better choice for this kind of operation.
132The equivalent using
133.Xr strlcpy 3
134is simply:
135.Bd -literal -offset indent
136(void)strlcpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf));
137.Ed
138.Sh SEE ALSO
139.Xr bcopy 3 ,
140.Xr memccpy 3 ,
141.Xr memcpy 3 ,
142.Xr memmove 3 ,
143.Xr strlcpy 3
144.Sh STANDARDS
145The
146.Fn strcpy
147and
148.Fn strncpy
149functions conform to
150.St -ansiC .