STPCPY(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 STPCPY(3)

NAME

       stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end

SYNOPSIS

       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <string.h>

       char *stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src);

DESCRIPTION

       The  stpcpy() function copies the string pointed to by src (including the terminating '' character) to the array pointed to by dest.  The
       strings may not overlap, and the destination string dest must be large enough to receive the copy.

RETURN VALUE

       stpcpy() returns a pointer to the end of the string dest (that is, the address of the terminating null byte) rather than the beginning.

CONFORMING TO

       This function is not part of the C or POSIX.1 standards, and is not customary on Unix systems, but is not a GNU invention either.   Perhaps
       it comes from MS-DOS.  Nowadays, it is also present on the BSDs.

EXAMPLE

       For example, this program uses stpcpy() to concatenate foo and bar to produce foobar, which it then prints.

	   #define _GNU_SOURCE
	   #include <string.h>
	   #include <stdio.h>

	   int
	   main(void)
	   {
	       char buffer[20];
	       char *to = buffer;

	       to = stpcpy(to, "foo");
	       to = stpcpy(to, "bar");
	       printf("%s
", buffer);
	   }

BUGS

       This function may overrun the buffer dest.

SEE ALSO

       bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), wcpcpy(3), feature_test_macros(7)

COLOPHON

       This  page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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								    2009-02-04								 STPCPY(3)