STPCPY(3)                                           Linux Programmer's Manual                                          STPCPY(3)



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

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <string.h>

       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.  Nowadays, it is also present on the BSDs.

EXAMPLE
       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);
           }

BUGS
       This function may overrun the buffer dest.

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

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project,  and  information  about
       reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU                                                        2009-02-04                                                  STPCPY(3)