Re: [PATCH] strncpy does not null terminate string

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On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Andrew
Morton<akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:26:23 +0200 Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> strlcpy() will always null terminate the string.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> please use this one instead
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
>> index aa73e72..3bacfe0 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
>> +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
>
> My glibc-2.8-3 (shipped in FC8) doesn't appear to have strlcpy().

Yes. And it's unlikely to appear in glibc:
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2000-08/msg00052.html

Cheers,

Michael

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