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[ANSI C X3.159-1989]

STRCAT(3)                 OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                STRCAT(3)

NAME
     strcat, strncat - concatenate strings



SYNOPSIS
     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strcat(char *s, const char *append);

     char *
     strncat(char *s, const char *append, size_t count);

DESCRIPTION
     The strcat() and strncat() functions append a copy of the null-terminated
     string append to the end of the null-terminated string s, then add a ter-
     minating `\0'. The string s must have sufficient space to hold the re-
     sult.

     The strncat() function appends not more than count characters where space
     for the terminating `\0' should not be included in count.

RETURN VALUES
     The strcat() and strncat() functions return the pointer s.

EXAMPLES
     The following appends ``abc'' to ``chararray'':

           char *letters = "abcdefghi";

           (void)strncat(chararray, letters, 3);

     The following example shows how to use strncat() safely in conjunction
     with strncpy(3).

           char buf[BUFSIZ];
           char *input, *suffix;

           (void)strncpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf) - 1);
           buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
           (void)strncat(buf, suffix, sizeof(buf) - 1 - strlen(buf));

     The above will copy as many characters from ``input'' to ``buf'' as will
     fit.  It then appends as many characters from suffix as will fit (or none
     if there is no space).  For operations like this, the strlcpy(3) and
     strlcat(3) functions are a better choice, as shown below.

           (void)strlcpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf));
           (void)strlcat(buf, suffix, sizeof(buf));

SEE ALSO
     bcopy(3),  memccpy(3),  memcpy(3),  memmove(3),  strcpy(3),  strlcat(3),
     strlcpy(3)

STANDARDS
     The strcat() and strncat() functions conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI
     C'').

OpenBSD 2.6                      July 8, 1997                                1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.



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