strlcpy.c

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/*      $OpenBSD: strlcpy.c,v 1.5 2001/05/13 15:40:16 deraadt Exp $     */

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
 * All rights reserved.
 *
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 */

#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: strlcpy.c,v 1.5 2001/05/13 15:40:16 deraadt Exp $";
#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <string.h>

/*
 * Copy src to string dst of size siz.  At most siz-1 characters
 * will be copied.  Always NUL terminates (unless siz == 0).
 * Returns strlen(src); if retval >= siz, truncation occurred.
 */
size_t
strlcpy(dst, src, siz)
        char *dst;
        const char *src;
        size_t siz;
{
        register char *d = dst;
        register const char *s = src;
        register size_t n = siz;

        /* Copy as many bytes as will fit */
        if (n != 0 && --n != 0) {
                do {
                        if ((*d++ = *s++) == 0)
                                break;
                } while (--n != 0);
        }

        /* Not enough room in dst, add NUL and traverse rest of src */
        if (n == 0) {
                if (siz != 0)
                        *d = '\0';              /* NUL-terminate dst */
                while (*s++)
                        ;
        }

        return(s - src - 1);    /* count does not include NUL */
}

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