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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 b/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e6f335 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, +.\" on Information Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)strcpy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt STRCPY 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm strcpy +.Nd copy strings +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <string.h> +.Ft char * +.Fn strcpy "char *dst" "const char *src" +.Ft char * +.Fn strncpy "char *dst" "const char *src" "size_t len" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn strcpy +and +.Fn strncpy +functions +copy the string +.Fa src +to +.Fa dst +(including the terminating +.Ql \e0 +character). +.Pp +The +.Fn strncpy +copies not more than +.Fa len +characters into +.Fa dst , +appending +.Ql \e0 +characters if +.Fa src +is less than +.Fa len +characters long, and +.Em not +terminating +.Fa dst +if +.Fa src +is more than +.Fa len +characters long. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn strcpy +and +.Fn strncpy +functions +return +.Fa dst . +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following sets +.Dq Li chararray +to +.Dq Li abc\e0\e0\e0 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +(void)strncpy(chararray, "abc", 6). +.Ed +.Pp +The following sets +.Dq Li chararray +to +.Dq Li abcdef : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +(void)strncpy(chararray, "abcdefgh", 6); +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bcopy 3 , +.Xr memccpy 3 , +.Xr memcpy 3 , +.Xr memmove 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn strcpy +and +.Fn strncpy +functions +conform to +.St -ansiC . |