strlcpy.c File Reference

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <string.h>

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Functions
size_t	strlcpy (char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
	Safe version of strncpy() from OpenBSD. More...

Detailed Description

Author

Todd C. Miller

Date

1998, 2015

Copyright

ISC License

Function Documentation

strlcpy()

size_t strlcpy	(	char *	dst,
		const char *	src,
		size_t	dsize
	)

Safe version of strncpy() from OpenBSD.

Parameters

dst	Destination string
src	Source string
dsize	Total maximum size of dst

This function copies string src to buffer dst of size dsize bytes. At most dsize-1 chars will be copied. Always NUL terminates (unless dsize==0).

Returns

strlen(src); if retval >= dsize, truncation occurred.