Top "Strncpy" questions

Why should you use strncpy instead of strcpy?

Edit: I've added the source for the example. I came across this example: char source[MAX] = "123456789"; char source1[MAX] = "123456789"; char …

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Why does strncpy not null terminate?

strncpy() supposedly protects from buffer overflows. But if it prevents an overflow without null terminating, in all likelihood a subsequent …

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Why are strlcpy and strlcat considered insecure?

I understand that strlcpy and strlcat were designed as secure replacements for strncpy and strncat. However, some people are still …

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Why is strncpy insecure?

I am looking to find out why strncpy is considered insecure. Does anybody have any sort of documentation on this …

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Difference between strncpy and memcpy?

How can i access s[7] in s? I didn't observe any difference between strncpy and memcpy. If I want to …

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'strncpy' vs. 'sprintf'

I can see many sprintf's used in my applications for copying a string. I have a character array: char myarray[10]; …

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strncpy or strlcpy in my case

what should I use when I want to copy src_str to dst_arr and why? char dst_arr[10]; char *…

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Convert zero-padded bytes to UTF-8 string

I'm unpacking several structs that contain 's' type fields from C. The fields contain zero-padded UTF-8 strings handled by strncpy …

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Copy end of string in C

I am trying to use strncpy to only copy part of a string to another string in C. Such as: …

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copy character from string to another string in C

I have a string AAbbCC what I need is to copy the first two and add them to an array …

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