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49 .Fn stpcpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src"
51 .Fn stpncpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src" "size_t len"
53 .Fn strcpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src"
55 .Fn strncpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src" "size_t len"
66 (including the terminating
74 functions copy at most
107 functions return a pointer to the terminating
117 character, it instead returns a pointer to
119 (which does not necessarily refer to a valid memory location.)
124 .Dq Li abc\e0\e0\e0 :
125 .Bd -literal -offset indent
128 (void)strncpy(chararray, "abc", sizeof(chararray));
135 .Bd -literal -offset indent
138 (void)strncpy(chararray, "abcdefgh", sizeof(chararray));
143 .Dv NUL Ns No -terminate
145 because the length of the source string is greater than or equal
146 to the length parameter.
149 .Dv NUL Ns No -terminates
150 the destination string when the length of the source
151 string is less than the length parameter.
153 The following copies as many characters from
158 .Dv NUL Ns No -terminates
165 .Dv NUL Ns No -terminate
166 the string itself, this must be done explicitly.
167 .Bd -literal -offset indent
170 (void)strncpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf) - 1);
171 buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\e0';
174 This could be better and more simply achieved using
176 as shown in the following example:
177 .Bd -literal -offset indent
178 (void)strlcpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf));
183 is not defined in any standards, it should
184 only be used when portability is not a concern.
211 functions first appeared in
213 .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
218 functions are easily misused in a manner which enables malicious users
219 to arbitrarily change a running program's functionality through a
220 buffer overflow attack.