From: bill o gallmeister <bgallmeister-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Bob Eggers <Bob.Eggers-C65YXLrEp3M@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org"
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Subject: Re:
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:05:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C1FD431.6030505@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <460216361116404BB61933403540E169B645A3E596@ushqwmb03>
I believe that's the correct result for a NULL-terminated string of length 1.
- bog
On 06/21/2010 01:30 PM, Bob Eggers wrote:
> I noticed an error in and example on the man page for strncpy(). The page is http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/strncpy.3.html
>
> The error is in the section, "NOTES", specifically in the code example after the text:
>
> If there is no terminating null byte in the first n characters of src,
> strncpy() produces an unterminated string in dest. Programmers often prevent
> this mistake by forcing termination as follows:
>
> strncpy(buf, str, n);
> if (n > 0)
> buf[n - 1]= '\0';
>
> Substituting 1 for n and "123" for str, this would equate to:
>
> strncpy(buf, "123", 1); // buf is now "1"
> if (1 > 0)
> buf[1 - 1]= '\0'; // buf is now ""
>
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