Re: strncpy() and NULL termination

> Excuse me for meddling. I would think that the return val from

I agree, but strncpy(3) doesn't return a value which is useful for this purpose. :-)

• Dan C.

(strncpy(3) only returns NULL or a valid pointer, but there is no indication of truncation at all, unless you check to see if buf[len - 1] != '\0'.) Received on Sun Feb 16 16:28:29 1997