Re: c equivilant to "copy"

From: bd (bdonlan_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:47:30 -0500

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CBFalconer wrote:

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> However you will get better and safer results by using strlcpy (and
> strlcat) as proposed by the BSD group. You can find an
> implementation, justification, and description at:
>
> <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net/download/strlcpy.zip>
>

Until this becomes standard one must not use it in ANSI/ISO C comforming
programs, as it intrudes upon the str*() namespace.
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