1STPCPY(3) Linux Programmer's Manual STPCPY(3)
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6 stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end
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9 #define _GNU_SOURCE
10 #include <string.h>
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12 char *stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
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15 The stpcpy() function copies the string pointed to by src (including
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17 strings may not overlap, and the destination string dest must be large
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21 stpcpy() returns a pointer to the end of the string dest (that is, the
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25 This function is not part of the C or POSIX.1 standards, and is not
26 customary on Unix systems, but is not a GNU invention either. Perhaps
27 it comes from MS-DOS. Nowadays, it is also present on the BSDs.
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30 For example, this program uses stpcpy() to concatenate foo and bar to
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43 to = stpcpy(to, "foo");
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52 bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), wcpcpy(3), fea‐
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