strncopy.c revision 7c2fbfb345896881c631598ee3852ce9ce33fb07
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#pragma prototyped
#include <ast.h>
/*
* copy up to n bytes of string f into t
* trailing 0 always added to t, even if n==0
* pointer to the copied 0 returned
*/
char*
strncopy(register char* t, register const char* f, size_t n)
{
register char* e = t + n - 1;
do
{
if (t >= e)
{
*t = 0;
return t;
}
} while (*t++ = *f++);
return t - 1;
}