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NAME
stpncpy - nonstring return‐offset‐pointer copy
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h> // see memory.h(3head)
char *stpncpy(size_t dsize;
char dst[restrict dsize], const char *restrict src,
size_t dsize);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
stpncpy():
Since glibc 2.10:
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
Before glibc 2.10:
_GNU_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
This function is equivalent to strncpy(3), but it returns a pointer to one past the last nonnull written character.
It is equivalent to
memset(mempcpy(dst, src, strnlen(src, dsize)), '\0',
dsize - strnlen(src, dsize))
RETURN VALUE
This function returns a pointer to one past the last non-null character written, that is, dest + strnlen(src, n).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| stpncpy () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
glibc 1.07. POSIX.1-2008.
CAVEATS
See strncpy(3).
SEE ALSO
memory.h(3head), string_copying(7)
| 2026-08-10 | Linux man-pages 6.19 |