WCSNCPY(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		   WCSNCPY(3)



NAME
       wcsncpy - copy a fixed-size string of wide characters

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       wchar_t *wcsncpy(wchar_t *dest, const wchar_t *src, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
       The   wcsncpy()	function  is  the  wide-character  equivalent  of  the
       strncpy(3) function.  It copies at most	n  wide  characters  from  the
       wide-character  string  pointed	to  by	src, including the terminating
       L'\0' character, to the array pointed to by dest.  Exactly n wide char
       acters  are written at dest.  If the length wcslen(src) is smaller than
       n, the remaining wide characters in the array pointed to  by  dest  are
       filled  with L'\0' characters.  If the length wcslen(src) is greater or
       equal to n, the string pointed to by dest will not be L'\0' terminated.

       The strings may not overlap.

       The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least n wide char
       acters at dest.

RETURN VALUE
       wcsncpy() returns dest.

CONFORMING TO
       C99.

SEE ALSO
       strncpy(3)

COLOPHON
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GNU				  1999-07-25			    WCSNCPY(3)