Re: strcpy_s, strlcpy, and strncpy and checking for overflow

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On Saturday 05 May 2007, Yuhong Bao wrote:
> But one of the arguments is that programmers should be concerned about the
> effect of truncation. strlcpy make it easier than strncpy to check for
> truncation too, and strcpy_s (part of VC2005 libraries) refuse to copy the
> string at all if the string is going to be truncated. You must use
> strncpy_s with _TRUNCATE in the count parameter.

what exactly is your point ?  do you want to change something in glibc ?
-mike

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