Name
strncpy —
Copy a length-limited, C-string
Synopsis
char * strncpy ( | char * dest, |
| | const char * src, |
| | size_t count); |
Arguments
char * dest
Where to copy the string to
const char * src
Where to copy the string from
size_t count
The maximum number of bytes to copy
Description
The result is not NUL-terminated if the source exceeds
count bytes.
In the case where the length of src is less than that of
count, the remainder of dest will be padded with NUL.