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STRCAT(3)                 NetBSD Programmer's Manual                 STRCAT(3)


NAME

     strcat, strncat - concatenate strings


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strcat(char * restrict s, const char * restrict append);

     char *
     strncat(char * restrict s, const char * restrict append, size_t count);


DESCRIPTION

     The strcat() and strncat() functions append a copy of the null-terminated
     string append to the end of the null-terminated string s, then add a ter-
     minating `\0'.  The string s must have sufficient space to hold the re-
     sult.

     The strncat() function appends not more than count characters.


RETURN VALUES

     The strcat() and strncat() functions return the pointer s.


SEE ALSO

     bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strlcat(3),
     strlcpy(3)


STANDARDS

     The strcat() and strncat() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO
     C99'').

NetBSD 1.6.2                     June 4, 1993                                1