Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!jackm@ardc From: jackm%ardc@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: strncpy Message-ID: <16882@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 15:02:14 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16882 Posted: Thu Feb 23 15:02:14 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 11:16:14 EST Lines: 5 From: Jack Moskowitz (PAD)Strncpy may be used to manipulate characters within strings rather than the whole string. Eg. changing the string abcdef to abxxef. You would not want to null terminate after the xx in this case.