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strncpy
[counted copy string]
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
char *strncpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t length);
DESCRIPTION
strncpy
copies not more than length
characters from the string pointed to by src
(including the terminating null character) to the array pointed to by dst.
If the string pointed to by src
is shorter than length
characters, null characters are appended to the destination array until
a total of length
characters have been written.
RETURNS
This function returns the
initial value of dst.
COMPLIANCE
strncpy
is ANSI C.
strncpy
requires no supporting OS subroutines.