NAME

       strcpy, strncpy - copy a string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

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

       char *strncpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       The  strcpy()  function copies the string pointed to be 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.

       The strncpy() function is similar, except that not more than n bytes of src are copied. Thus, if there is
       no null byte among the first n bytes of src, the result wil not be null-terminated.

       In the case where the length of src is less than that of n, the remainder of dest  will  be  padded  with
       nulls.

RETURN VALUE

       The strcpy() and strncpy() functions return a pointer to the destination string dest.

BUGS

       If  the destination string of a strcpy() is not large enough (that is, if the programmer was stupid/lazy,
       and failed to check the size before copying)  then  anything  might  happen.   Overflowing  fixed  length
       strings is a favourite cracker technique.

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

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

GNU                                              April 11, 1993                                        STRCPY(3)