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From: mrm@datagen.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: strncpy()
Message-ID: <18@datagen.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 16:20:51 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  1 16:20:51 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 2-Sep-83 12:34:11 EDT
Organization: Data General Dist. Systems, Westborough, MA
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Strncpy() is spec'ed to completely  null pad the buffer if given a shorter
string, and not to append any nulls if given a same size or larger string.

	Michael Meissner	Data General Corporation
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