STRMAXCPY(3) C Programmer's Manual STRMAXCPY(3)NAMEstrmaxcpy - copy at most a given number of characters of string
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h>
char *strmaxcpy(char *tgt, const char *src, size_t n);
DESCRIPTIONstrmaxcpy copies up to n-1 characters from the beginning of src to tgt,
then adds a '\0'. n must be at least 1. The target string must be
large enough to hold the result.
Note that unlike strncpy(3), this function always terminates the result
with '\0'. It also doesn't fill the result with extra '\0' characters.
RETURN VALUEstrmaxcpy returns its first argument.
EXAMPLE
To print out the first 69 characters of a string, you might do the fol‐
lowing (although familiarity with printf's format string might be more
useful in this case).
#include <stdio.h>
#include <publib.h>
void print42(const char *string) {
char copy[43]; /* 42 + '\0' */
puts(strmaxcpy(copy, string, sizeof(copy)));
}
SEE ALSOpublib(3), strncpy(3)AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)
Publib C Programmer's Manual STRMAXCPY(3)
