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diff --git a/man3/strcpy.3 b/man3/strcpy.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..63ed127 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/strcpy.3 @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 2022 Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH strcpy 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +stpcpy, strcpy, strcat \- copy or catenate a string +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <string.h> +.PP +.BI "char *stpcpy(char *restrict " dst ", const char *restrict " src ); +.BI "char *strcpy(char *restrict " dst ", const char *restrict " src ); +.BI "char *strcat(char *restrict " dst ", const char *restrict " src ); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +.BR stpcpy (): +.nf + Since glibc 2.10: + _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L + Before glibc 2.10: + _GNU_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.TP +.BR stpcpy () +.TQ +.BR strcpy () +These functions copy the string pointed to by +.IR src , +into a string +at the buffer pointed to by +.IR dst . +The programmer is responsible for allocating a destination buffer large enough, +that is, +.IR "strlen(src) + 1" . +For the difference between the two functions, see RETURN VALUE. +.TP +.BR strcat () +This function catenates the string pointed to by +.IR src , +after the string pointed to by +.I dst +(overwriting its terminating null byte). +The programmer is responsible for allocating a destination buffer large enough, +that is, +.IR "strlen(dst) + strlen(src) + 1" . +.PP +An implementation of these functions might be: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +char * +stpcpy(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src) +{ + char *p; +\& + p = mempcpy(dst, src, strlen(src)); + *p = \[aq]\e0\[aq]; +\& + return p; +} +\& +char * +strcpy(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src) +{ + stpcpy(dst, src); + return dst; +} +\& +char * +strcat(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src) +{ + stpcpy(dst + strlen(dst), src); + return dst; +} +.EE +.in +.SH RETURN VALUE +.TP +.BR stpcpy () +This function returns +a pointer to the terminating null byte of the copied string. +.TP +.BR strcpy () +.TQ +.BR strcat () +These functions return +.IR dst . +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR stpcpy (), +.BR strcpy (), +.BR strcat () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +.TP +.BR stpcpy () +POSIX.1-2008. +.TP +.BR strcpy () +.TQ +.BR strcat () +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH STANDARDS +.TP +.BR stpcpy () +POSIX.1-2008. +.TP +.BR strcpy () +.TQ +.BR strcat () +POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD. +.SH CAVEATS +The strings +.I src +and +.I dst +may not overlap. +.PP +If the destination buffer is not large enough, +the behavior is undefined. +See +.B _FORTIFY_SOURCE +in +.BR feature_test_macros (7). +.PP +.BR strcat () +can be very inefficient. +Read about +.UR https://www.joelonsoftware.com/\:2001/12/11/\:back\-to\-basics/ +Shlemiel the painter +.UE . +.SH EXAMPLES +.\" SRC BEGIN (strcpy.c) +.EX +#include <err.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <string.h> +\& +int +main(void) +{ + char *p; + char *buf1; + char *buf2; + size_t len, maxsize; +\& + maxsize = strlen("Hello ") + strlen("world") + strlen("!") + 1; + buf1 = malloc(sizeof(*buf1) * maxsize); + if (buf1 == NULL) + err(EXIT_FAILURE, "malloc()"); + buf2 = malloc(sizeof(*buf2) * maxsize); + if (buf2 == NULL) + err(EXIT_FAILURE, "malloc()"); +\& + p = buf1; + p = stpcpy(p, "Hello "); + p = stpcpy(p, "world"); + p = stpcpy(p, "!"); + len = p \- buf1; +\& + printf("[len = %zu]: ", len); + puts(buf1); // "Hello world!" + free(buf1); +\& + strcpy(buf2, "Hello "); + strcat(buf2, "world"); + strcat(buf2, "!"); + len = strlen(buf2); +\& + printf("[len = %zu]: ", len); + puts(buf2); // "Hello world!" + free(buf2); +\& + exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); +} +.EE +.\" SRC END +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR strdup (3), +.BR string (3), +.BR wcscpy (3), +.BR string_copying (7) |