NAME

       stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       char *stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src);

DESCRIPTION

       The  stpcpy()  function copies the string pointed to by src (including the terminating `\0' character) to
       the array pointed to by dest.  The strings may not overlap, and the destination string dest must be large
       enough to receive the copy.

RETURN VALUE

       stpcpy() returns a pointer to the end of the string dest (that is, the address of  the  terminating  null
       character) rather than the beginning.

EXAMPLE

       For example, this program uses stpcpy to concatenate foo and bar to produce foobar, which it then prints.

                 #include <string.h>

                 int
                 main (void)
                 {
                   char *to = buffer;
                   to = stpcpy (to, "foo");
                   to = stpcpy (to, "bar");
                   printf ("%s\n", buffer);
                 }

CONFORMING TO

       This  function  is  not part of the ANSI or POSIX standards, and is not customary on Unix systems, but is
       not a GNU invention either.  Perhaps it comes from MS-DOS.

SEE ALSO

       strcpy(3), bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3)

GNU                                             September 3, 1995                                      STPCPY(3)