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NAME

       strlcpy - Copy a NUL terminated string into a sized buffer

SYNOPSIS

       size_t strlcpy  (char * dest, const char * src, size_t size);

ARGUMENTS

       dest   Where to copy the string to

       src    Where to copy the string from

       size   size of destination buffer

BSD

       the  result  is  always  a valid NUL-terminated string that fits in the
       buffer (unless, of course, the buffer size is zero). It  does  not  pad
       out the result like strncpy does.