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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Never use strncpy!
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 22:49:50 -0700
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Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> writes:
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> ... and yes, Keith Thompson makes a good point that the source does
> not have to be a zero-terminated string. I.e. it can also be used for 
> fixed-width string copying.

To be fair, it was Ben Bacarisse who pointed this out -- *after* I had
incorrectly stated (based on faulty man page) that the source has to be
a pointer to a null-terminated string.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */