NAME

       ms_strncpclean - Non-standard string copying

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libmseed.h>

       int  ms_strncpclean ( char *dest, const char *source, int length );

       int  ms_strncpopen ( char *dest, const char *source, int length );

DESCRIPTION

       ms_strncpclean  copies  up  to  length  characters  from source to dest while removing all
       spaces.  The result is left justified and always NULL terminated.  The destination  string
       must  have enough room for the non-space characters within length and the NULL terminator,
       a maximum of length + 1.

       ms_strncpopen copies length characters from source to dest padding  the  right  side  with
       spaces  if needed and leaves the string open-ended (unterminated).  The result will always
       be length characters and will never be NULL terminated.

       These routines are useful for converting to and from known length SEED string fields.

RETURN VALUES

       ms_strncpclean returns the number of characters (not including the  terminating  NULL)  in
       the destination string.

       ms_strncpopen returns the number of characters copied from the source string.

AUTHOR

       Chad Trabant
       IRIS Data Management Center