strncpy.c File Reference

#include "../string.h"

Functions
char *	strncpy (char *destination, const char *source, size_t num)
	Copy characters from string. More...

Function Documentation

strncpy()

char* strncpy	(	char *	destination,
		const char *	source,
		size_t	num
	)

Copy characters from string.

Copies the first num characters of source to destination. If the end of the source C string (which is signaled by a null-character) is found before num characters have been copied, destination is padded with zeros until a total of num characters have been written to it.

Parameters

destination	Pointer to the destination array where the content is to be copied.
source	C string to be copied.
num	Maximum number of characters to be copied from source.

Returns

Destination is returned.