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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strcpy.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strcpy.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ff79e367 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strcpy.3p @@ -0,0 +1,180 @@ +'\" et +.TH STRCPY "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +stpcpy, strcpy +\(em copy a string and return a pointer to the end of the result +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <string.h> +.P +char *stpcpy(char *restrict \fIs1\fP, const char *restrict \fIs2\fP); +char *strcpy(char *restrict \fIs1\fP, const char *restrict \fIs2\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +For +\fIstrcpy\fR(): +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\(hy2017 defers to the ISO\ C standard. +.P +The +\fIstpcpy\fR() +and +\fIstrcpy\fR() +functions shall copy the string pointed to by +.IR s2 +(including the terminating NUL character) into the array pointed to by +.IR s1 . +.P +If copying takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is +undefined. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The +\fIstpcpy\fR() +function shall return a pointer to the terminating NUL character copied +into the +.IR s1 +buffer. +.P +The +\fIstrcpy\fR() +function shall return +.IR s1 . +.P +No return values are reserved to indicate an error. +.SH ERRORS +No errors are defined. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS "Construction of a Multi-Part Message in a Single Buffer" +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +#include <string.h> +#include <stdio.h> +.P +int +main (void) +{ + char buffer [10]; + char *name = buffer; +.P + name = stpcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (name, "ice"),"-"), "cream"); + puts (buffer); + return 0; +} +.fi +.P +.RE +.SS "Initializing a String" +.P +The following example copies the string +.BR \(dq----------\(dq +into the +.IR permstring +variable. +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +#include <string.h> +\&... +static char permstring[11]; +\&... +strcpy(permstring, "----------"); +\&... +.fi +.P +.RE +.SS "Storing a Key and Data" +.P +The following example allocates space for a key using +\fImalloc\fR() +then uses +\fIstrcpy\fR() +to place the key there. Then it allocates space for data using +\fImalloc\fR(), +and uses +\fIstrcpy\fR() +to place data there. (The user-defined function +\fIdbfree\fR() +frees memory previously allocated to an array of type +.BR "struct element *" .) +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +#include <string.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <stdio.h> +\&... +/* Structure used to read data and store it. */ +struct element { + char *key; + char *data; +}; +.P +struct element *tbl, *curtbl; +char *key, *data; +int count; +\&... +void dbfree(struct element *, int); +\&... +if ((curtbl->key = malloc(strlen(key) + 1)) == NULL) { + perror("malloc"); dbfree(tbl, count); return NULL; +} +strcpy(curtbl->key, key); +.P +if ((curtbl->data = malloc(strlen(data) + 1)) == NULL) { + perror("malloc"); free(curtbl->key); dbfree(tbl, count); return NULL; +} +strcpy(curtbl->data, data); +\&... +.fi +.P +.RE +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +Character movement is performed differently in different +implementations. Thus, overlapping moves may yield surprises. +.P +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. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIstrncpy\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIwcscpy\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<string.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +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 Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |