https://hackepedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=StrcpyStrcpy - Revision history2026-05-08T16:40:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.3https://hackepedia.org/index.php?title=Strcpy&diff=3837&oldid=prevFranks at 08:13, 5 September 20072007-09-05T08:13:24Z<p></p>
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</table>Frankshttps://hackepedia.org/index.php?title=Strcpy&diff=3836&oldid=prevFranks: New page: strcpy is part of standard libc in the c programming language. strcpy(3) can be found in the development manual pages. strncpy(name, "t", 4") --> name = "t\0\0\0" strncpy(name, "...2007-09-05T08:13:00Z<p>New page: strcpy is part of standard libc in the c programming language. strcpy(3) can be found in the development <a href="/index.php?title=Manual" title="Manual">manual</a> pages. strncpy(name, "t", 4") --> name = "t\0\0\0" strncpy(name, "...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>strcpy is part of standard libc in the c programming language. strcpy(3) can be found in the development [[manual]] pages.<br />
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strncpy(name, "t", 4") --> name = "t\0\0\0"<br />
strncpy(name, "tim", 4") --> name = "tim\0"<br />
strncpy(name, "dave", 4) --> name = "dave" (note, no \0)<br />
strncpy(name, "benjamin", 4" --> name = "benj" (still no \0)<br />
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strn* or snprintf will ensure you will never exceed SIZE, but if you are less than SIZE it pads it with \0. This will prevent buffer overflows. If you're using a BSD based system, check out strlcpy which is [http://www.courtesan.com/todd/papers/strlcpy.html preferred over strncpy].</div>Franks