strncpy
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
Note that unlike userspace strncpy, this does not NUL-pad
the buffer.
However, the result is not NUL-terminated
if the source exceeds
count bytes.