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39 .Nm stpcpy , stpncpy , strcpy , strncpy
46 .Fn stpcpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src"
48 .Fn stpncpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src" "size_t len"
50 .Fn strcpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src"
52 .Fn strncpy "char * restrict dst" "const char * restrict src" "size_t len"
63 (including the terminating
71 functions copy at most
104 functions return a pointer to the terminating
114 character, it instead returns a pointer to
116 (which does not necessarily refer to a valid memory location.)
121 .Dq Li abc\e0\e0\e0 :
122 .Bd -literal -offset indent
125 (void)strncpy(chararray, "abc", sizeof(chararray));
132 .Bd -literal -offset indent
135 (void)strncpy(chararray, "abcdefgh", sizeof(chararray));
143 because the length of the source string is greater than or equal
144 to the length argument.
146 The following copies as many characters from
152 terminates the result.
159 terminate the string itself, this must be done explicitly.
160 .Bd -literal -offset indent
163 (void)strncpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf) - 1);
164 buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\e0';
167 This could be better achieved using
169 as shown in the following example:
171 .Dl "(void)strlcpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf));"
175 is not defined in any standards, it should
176 only be used when portability is not a concern.
201 function first appeared in
207 .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
210 function is easily misused in a manner which enables malicious users
211 to arbitrarily change a running program's functionality through a
212 buffer overflow attack.