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Clarify that if strlcat() does not find a NUL within siz byte it

will not NUL terminate either.
OPENBSD_3_0
millert 23 years ago
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1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
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      src/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3

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src/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3 View File

@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $OpenBSD: strlcpy.3,v 1.12 2001/05/07 15:51:54 millert Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: strlcpy.3,v 1.13 2001/06/18 22:29:59 millert Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998, 2000 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> .\" Copyright (c) 1998, 2000 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
.\" All rights reserved. .\" All rights reserved.
@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ traverses
.Fa size .Fa size
characters without finding a NUL, the length of the string is considered characters without finding a NUL, the length of the string is considered
to be to be
.Fa size .
.Fa size
and the destination string will not be NUL-terminated (since there was
no space for the NUL).
This keeps This keeps
.Fn strlcat .Fn strlcat
from running off the end of a string. from running off the end of a string.


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