this clarifys the documentation on the behavier of strncpy().
Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kj-domen/lib/string.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -L lib/c.bak -puN /dev/null /dev/null diff -puN lib/string.c~comment-lib_string lib/string.c --- kj/lib/string.c~comment-lib_string 2005-04-05 12:57:42.000000000 +0200 +++ kj-domen/lib/string.c 2005-04-05 12:57:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcpy); * * The result is not %NUL-terminated if the source exceeds * @count bytes. + * + * In the case where the length of @src is less than that of + * count, the remainder of @dest will be padded with %NUL. + * */ char * strncpy(char * dest,const char *src,size_t count) { _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/