From c1491265c93a6e980cb9120a5364d2f892a03b98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: millert <> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 17:04:43 +0000 Subject: For strncpy(), dst is not NUL terminated if strlen(src) >= len. Also fix a typo; adapted from a patch by Moritz Jodeit --- src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 b/src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 index 1dbeafa6e8..d3c095916b 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: strcpy.3,v 1.10 2000/04/21 15:24:20 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: strcpy.3,v 1.11 2002/05/13 17:04:43 millert Exp $ .\" .Dd June 29, 1991 .Dt STRCPY 3 @@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ characters long, and .Em not terminating .Fa dst -if +if the length of .Fa src -is more than -.Fa len -characters long. +is greater than or equal to +.Fa len . .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn strcpy @@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ null terminate because the source string is >= the length parameter. .Fn strncpy .Em only -null terminates the destination string when then length of the source +null terminates the destination string when the length of the source string is less than the length parameter. .Bd -literal -offset indent (void)strncpy(chararray, "abcdefgh", 6); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb