strncpy

Syntax

char* strncpy(char* dest, const char* src, int n)

dest

The string to which the source string is to be copied.

src

The string which is to be copied to the destination string.

The maximum number of characters to copy.

A pointer to the destination string, identical to dest.

Copies the first n characters of string src to the string dest.

If n is less than or equal to the length of src, a null character

is not appended automatically to the copied string. If n is greater than

the length of src, the destination string is padded with null characters up to length n.

The string dest must be large enough to hold n characters, otherwise results are undefined.

The behavior of strncpy is undefined if the source and destination strings overlap.