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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C?
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asetofsymbols@gmail.com writes:
> ______
> for copying a sting into a given size buffer, 
> char dst[size]; 
> strncpy(dst, src, size); 
> snprintf(dst, size,"%s", src); 
> which is better?
> -----+++
> for(i=0; i<size&&(dst[i]=src[i]) ++i) ;
> if(i>=size) return -1;
>
> If the src and destination point
> to the same array memmove
> but i not remember args...

Please learn to quote properly.  (Your newsreader should handle this for
you.)

This part of your followup:
    > for copying a sting into a given size buffer, 
    > char dst[size]; 
    > strncpy(dst, src, size); 
    > snprintf(dst, size,"%s", src); 
    > which is better?
was written by will hunt on September 1.

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