STPCPY(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		    STPCPY(3)



NAME
       stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include 

       char *stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src);

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

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

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

EXAMPLE
       For  example,  this program uses stpcpy() to concatenate foo and bar to
       produce foobar, which it then prints.

	   #include 

	   int
	   main (void)
	   {
	       char *to = buffer;
	       to = stpcpy(to, "foo");
	       to = stpcpy(to, "bar");
	       printf("%s\n", buffer);
	   }

SEE ALSO
       bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), wcpcpy(3), fea
       ture_test_macros(7)

COLOPHON
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       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU				  1995-09-03			     STPCPY(3)