posix man page for strcat

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

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NAME
       strcat -- concatenate two strings

SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>

       char *strcat(char *restrict s1, const char *restrict s2);

DESCRIPTION
       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 strcat() function shall append a copy of the string pointed to by s2 (including the terminating NUL character) to the end of the string
       pointed to by s1.  The initial byte of s2 overwrites the NUL character at the end of s1.  If copying takes place between objects that over-
       lap, the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUE
       The strcat() function shall return s1; no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       This  version  is  aligned  with the ISO C standard; this does not affect compatibility with XPG3 applications. Reliable error detection by
       this function was never guaranteed.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       strncat()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <string.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 .

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/The Open Group						       2013								STRCAT(3P)