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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.

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