NAME

       pmstrncpy - safe string copy

C SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       int pmstrncpy(char *dest, size_t destlen, char *src);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       pmstrncpy is safe string copying routine with semantics similar to strncpy(3).

       The  main  differences are that src must be null-byte terminated, destlen is the length of
       the destination buffer (dest) not the length of the source  string  (src),  and  pmstrncpy
       ensures that dest is null-byte terminated, even when strlen(src) is larger than destlen.

       On success, pmstrncpy returns 0, else -1 indicates that src is too big and the result been
       truncated to ensure dest has no been overrun.

SEE ALSO

       pmstrncat(3) and strncpy(3).