stpncpy.c   [plain text]


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#include <string.h>

char *
stpncpy(char * restrict dst, const char * restrict src, size_t maxlen) {
    const size_t srclen = strnlen(src, maxlen);
    if (srclen < maxlen) {
        //  The stpncpy() and strncpy() functions copy at most maxlen
        //  characters from src into dst.
        memcpy(dst, src, srclen);
        //  If src is less than maxlen characters long, the remainder
        //  of dst is filled with '\0' characters.
        memset(dst+srclen, 0, maxlen-srclen);
        //  The stpcpy() and stpncpy() functions return a pointer to the
        //  terminating '\0' character of dst.
        return dst+srclen;
    } else {
        //  The stpncpy() and strncpy() functions copy at most maxlen
        //  characters from src into dst.
        memcpy(dst, src, maxlen);
        //  If stpncpy() does not terminate dst with a NUL character, it
        //  instead returns a pointer to src[maxlen] (which does not
        //  necessarily refer to a valid memory location.)
        return dst+maxlen;
    }
}