1STPCPY(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 STPCPY(3)
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NAME

6       stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end
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SYNOPSIS

9       #define _GNU_SOURCE
10       #include <string.h>
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12       char *stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
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DESCRIPTION

15       The  stpcpy()  function  copies the string pointed to by src (including
16       the terminating `\0' character) to the array pointed to by  dest.   The
17       strings  may not overlap, and the destination string dest must be large
18       enough to receive the copy.
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RETURN VALUE

21       stpcpy() returns a pointer to the end of the string dest (that is,  the
22       address of the terminating null byte) rather than the beginning.
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EXAMPLE

25       For  example,  this program uses stpcpy() to concatenate foo and bar to
26       produce foobar, which it then prints.
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28                 #include <string.h>
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31                 main (void)
32                 {
33                   char *to = buffer;
34                   to = stpcpy (to, "foo");
35                   to = stpcpy (to, "bar");
36                   printf ("%s\n", buffer);
37                 }
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CONFORMING TO

40       This function is not part of the C or POSIX.1  standards,  and  is  not
41       customary  on Unix systems, but is not a GNU invention either.  Perhaps
42       it comes from MS-DOS.
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SEE ALSO

45       bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), wcpcpy(3), fea‐
46       ture_test_macros(7)
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50GNU                               1995-09-03                         STPCPY(3)
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