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NAME

       strnlen - determine the length of a fixed-size string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       strnlen():
	   Since glibc 2.10:
	       _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
	   Before glibc 2.10:
	       _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       The  strnlen()  function returns the number of characters in the string pointed to by s, excluding the terminating null byte (''), but at
       most maxlen.  In doing this, strnlen() looks only at the first maxlen characters in the string pointed to by s and never beyond s+maxlen.

RETURN VALUE

       The strnlen() function returns strlen(s), if that is less than maxlen, or maxlen if there is no null terminating  ('')  among	the  first
       maxlen characters pointed to by s.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface | Attribute	  | Value   |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |strnlen() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2008.

SEE ALSO

       strlen(3)

COLOPHON

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