STRNCPY(9) Basic C Library Functions STRNCPY(9) NAME strncpy - Copy a length-limited, C-string SYNOPSIS char * strncpy(char * dest, const char * src, size_t count); ARGUMENTS dest Where to copy the string to src Where to copy the string from count The maximum number of bytes to copy DESCRIPTION The result is not NUL-terminated if the source exceeds count bytes. In the case where the length of src is less than that of count, the remainder of dest will be padded with NUL. COPYRIGHT Kernel Hackers Manual 4.10 April 2017 STRNCPY(9)