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| From | John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? |
| Date | 2016-09-02 01:58 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <nqamcf$fni$1@reader2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <0b30b0cc-f7c5-4928-8acb-56bf2364797b@googlegroups.com> |
In <0b30b0cc-f7c5-4928-8acb-56bf2364797b@googlegroups.com> will hunt <glovepm@gmail.com> writes:
> should I use strncpy or snprintf, and why?
It seems like strncpy() would be the obvious choice. snprintf() is
meant for assembling an output string from one or more component
parts, which doesn't seem like what you want.
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How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? will hunt <glovepm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-01 18:50 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2016-09-02 01:58 +0000
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? will hunt <glovepm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-01 19:40 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-01 20:29 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-09-02 12:29 -0400
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2016-09-12 13:09 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-12 15:30 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-01 23:08 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-04 23:59 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-09-01 21:12 -0600
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-01 23:58 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-09-02 10:42 +0100
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-09-04 22:23 -0700
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2016-09-13 01:45 +0000
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2016-09-13 14:09 +0000
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2016-09-13 14:52 +0000
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2016-09-13 14:54 +0000
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-09-13 17:18 +0100
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2016-09-15 14:03 +0000
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-09-15 12:32 -0700
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-09-15 14:52 -0600
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-15 16:04 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-09-15 15:52 -0600
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-15 17:07 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-15 15:53 -0700
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-15 17:01 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-15 16:36 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-15 19:19 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-09-15 21:39 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-09-16 06:17 -0700
Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-16 07:04 -0700
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Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2016-09-13 18:13 +0000
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