> -----Original Message----- > From: Rickard Strandqvist [mailto:rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > How do you mean? > > strncpy zeroes throughout the remainder of the string "from" until the > length off to_length, or otherwise guaranteed trailing zero characters > and a warning is printed. > > Is not it exactly the functionality that is desired? Ah, I see that in man 3 strcpy: "If the length of src is less than n, strncpy() pads the remainder of dest with null bytes." I agree that should work. --- Rob Elliott HP Server Storage ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{������ܨ}���Ơz�j:+v�����w����ޙ��&�)ߡ�a����z�ޗ���ݢj��w�f