Name

strncpy — Copy a length-limited, NUL-terminated string

Synopsis

char * strncpy (char * dest, const char * src, size_t count);

Arguments

dest

Where to copy the string to

src

Where to copy the string from

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.