/* Copy a size-bounded string. Copyright (C) 1999, 2011-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ /* Written by Bruno Haible , 1999. */ #include /* Specification. */ #include char * strncpy (char *dest, const char *src, size_t n) { char *destptr = dest; for (; n > 0 && (*destptr = *src) != '\0'; src++, destptr++, n--) ; /* This behavior is rarely useful, but it is specified by the ISO C standard. */ for (; n > 0; n--) *destptr++ = '\0'; return dest; }