Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site zinfandel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!zehntel!zinfandel!ed From: ed@zinfandel.UUCP (Ed Hirgelt) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: C programming hint Message-ID: <443@zinfandel.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 17:06:59 EDT Article-I.D.: zinfande.443 Posted: Fri Jul 12 17:06:59 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 20:28:36 EDT References: <899@teddy.UUCP> <244@harvard.ARPA> Reply-To: ed@zinfandel.UUCP (Ed Hirgelt) Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek CA Lines: 11 Keywords: strncpy Summary: Missing NULL character I may be mistaken, but this hint also has a problem in not null terminating the string. strncpy stops at the first null character or when the count is exceeded. Since the initial version of the string has no null, one is never added to the string. This may be what the poster intended, but he should never use that string with any of the other string utilities (like strcmp, etc.) -- Ed Hirgelt Zehntel Automation Systems {ihnp4 ucbvax}!zehntel!ed 2625 Shadelands Drive zehntel!ed@Berkeley.ARPA Walnut Creek, Ca 94598