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Subject: Re:  C programming hint
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Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 02:15:29 EDT
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Warning!  The behavior of strncpy() on overlapping strings is
undefined.  Many implementations of strncpy() use a "block move"
machine instruction, which may or may not work the way you
expect when the source and destination overlap.