strncpy.c

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#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__FBSDID("$BSDSUniX$");

#include <sys/libkern.h>

/*
 * Copy src to dst, truncating or null-padding to always copy n bytes.
 * Return dst.
 */
char *
strncpy(char * __restrict dst, const char * __restrict src, size_t n)
{
        if (n != 0) {
                register char *d = dst;
                register const char *s = src;

                do {
                        if ((*d++ = *s++) == 0) {
                                /* NUL pad the remaining n-1 bytes */
                                while (--n != 0)
                                        *d++ = 0;
                                break;
                        }
                } while (--n != 0);
        }
        return (dst);
}