Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!stanonik@nprdc From: stanonik%nprdc@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: strncpy Message-ID: <16881@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:17:28 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16881 Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:17:28 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 11:15:13 EST Lines: 10 From: Ron StanonikWhy did "they" write strncpy(s1, s2, n) such that s1 is not null terminated if the length of s2 is n or more? Has anyone changed this and lived to tell about it? Thanks, Ron Stanonik stanonik@nprdc