stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌───────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ stpcpy() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└───────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Bugs
This function may overrun the buffer dest.
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GNU 2020-06-09 STPCPY(3)
Conforming To
This function was added to POSIX.1-2008. Before that, it was not part of the C or POSIX.1 standards, nor
customary on UNIX systems. It first appeared at least as early as 1986, in the Lattice C AmigaDOS
compiler, then in the GNU fileutils and GNU textutils in 1989, and in the GNU C library by 1992. It is
also present on the BSDs.
Description
The stpcpy() function copies the string pointed to by src (including the terminating null byte ('\0')) 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.
Examples
For example, this program uses stpcpy() to concatenate foo and bar to produce foobar, which it then
prints.
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int
main(void)
{
char buffer[20];
char *to = buffer;
to = stpcpy(to, "foo");
to = stpcpy(to, "bar");
printf("%s\n", buffer);
}
Name
stpcpy - copy a string returning a pointer to its end
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.
See Also
bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), stpncpy(3), strcpy(3), string(3), wcpcpy(3)
Synopsis
#include<string.h>char*stpcpy(char*dest,constchar*src); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): stpcpy(): Since glibc 2.10: _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L Before glibc 2.10: _GNU_SOURCE
