WCSNCPY(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						       WCSNCPY(3P)

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NAME

       wcpncpy, wcsncpy -- copy a fixed-size wide-character string, returning a pointer to its end

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       wchar_t *wcpncpy(wchar_t restrict *ws1, const wchar_t *restrict ws2,
	   size_t n);
       wchar_t *wcsncpy(wchar_t *restrict ws1, const wchar_t *restrict ws2,
	   size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       For wcsncpy(): The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements
       described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The wcpncpy() and wcsncpy() functions shall copy not more than n wide-character codes (wide-character codes that follow a null wide-charac-
       ter code are not copied) from the array pointed to by ws2 to the array pointed to by ws1.  If copying  takes  place  between  objects  that
       overlap, the behavior is undefined.

       If  the	array pointed to by ws2 is a wide-character string that is shorter than n wide-character codes, null wide-character codes shall be
       appended to the copy in the array pointed to by ws1, until n wide-character codes in all are written.

RETURN VALUE

       If any null wide-character codes were written into the destination, the wcpncpy() function shall return the address of the first such  null
       wide-character code. Otherwise, it shall return &ws1[n].

       The wcsncpy() function shall return ws1.

       No return values are reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       If  there  is no null wide-character code in the first n wide-character codes of the array pointed to by ws2, the result is not null-termi-
       nated.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       strncpy(), wcscpy()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <wchar.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy  --	Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
       dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source
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/The Open Group						       2013							       WCSNCPY(3P)