/* * Mach Operating System * Copyright (c) 1992,1991,1990,1989 Carnegie Mellon University * All Rights Reserved. * * Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its * documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright * notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the * software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions * thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation. * * CARNEGIE MELLON ALLOWS FREE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IN ITS "AS IS" * CONDITION. CARNEGIE MELLON DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR * ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. * * Carnegie Mellon requests users of this software to return to * * Software Distribution Coordinator or Software.Distribution@CS.CMU.EDU * School of Computer Science * Carnegie Mellon University * Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 * * any improvements or extensions that they make and grant Carnegie Mellon * the rights to redistribute these changes. */ /* * File: libmach_sa/strncpy.c * Author: Mary R. Thompson at Carnegie Mellon * Date: Oct 13, 1992 * Abstract: * strncpy copies "count" characters from the "from" string to * the "to" string. If "from" contains less than "count" characters * "to" will be padded with null characters until exactly "count" * characters have been written. The return value is a pointer * to the "to" string. */ #include #include char * strncpy(char *to, const char *from, size_t count) { register char *ret = to; while (count > 0) { count--; if ((*to++ = *from++) == '\0') break; } while (count > 0) { count--; *to++ = '\0'; } return ret; }