Hi Jonny, On Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 02:11:14PM +0000, Jonny Grant wrote: > On 08/11/2023 23:06, Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 11/8/23 14:17, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > >> These copy*from* a string > > > > Not necessarily. For example, in strncpy (DST, SRC, N), SRC need not be a string. > > > > By the way, have you looked at the recent (i.e., this-year) changes to the glibc manual's string section? They're relevant. > > That's a great reference page Paul, lots of useful information in the manual. > https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/String-and-Array-Utilities.html > > Re this man page: > > https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/string.3.html > > Obsolete functions > char *strncpy(char dest[restrict .n], const char src[restrict .n], > size_t n); > Copy at most n bytes from string src to dest, returning a > pointer to the start of dest. Uh, I forgot about that page. I'll have a look at it and update it. At least, I need to remove that "Obsolete functions". > > > It could clarify > "Copy at most n bytes from string src to ARRAY dest, returning a > pointer to the start of ARRAY dest." I think I prefer DJ's suggestion: "Fill a fixed‐width null‐padded buffer with bytes from a string." Thanks! Alex > > (caps for my emphasis in this email) > > Kind regards > Jonny -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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