Name

strlcpy — Copy a C-string into a sized buffer

Synopsis

size_t strlcpy (char * dest,
 const char * src,
 size_t size);
 

Arguments

char * dest

Where to copy the string to

const char * src

Where to copy the string from

size_t size

size of destination buffer

Description

Compatible with *BSD: the result is always a valid NUL-terminated string that fits in the buffer (unless, of course, the buffer size is zero). It does not pad out the result like strncpy does.