STRCAT(3) BSD Programmer's Manual STRCAT(3)
strcat, strncat - concatenate strings
#include <string.h>
char *
strcat(char *s, const char *append);
char *
strncat(char *s, const char *append, size_t count);
The strcat() and strncat() functions append a copy of the NUL-terminated
string append to the end of the NUL-terminated string s, then add a ter-
minating '\0'. The string s must have sufficient space to hold the
result.
The strncat() function appends not more than count characters where space
for the terminating '\0' should not be included in count.
The strcat() and strncat() functions return the pointer s.
The following appends "abc" to chararray:
char *letters = "abcdefghi";
(void)strncat(chararray, letters, 3);
The following example shows how to use strncat() safely in conjunction
with strncpy(3).
char buf[BUFSIZ];
char *input, *suffix;
(void)strncpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf) - 1);
buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
(void)strncat(buf, suffix, sizeof(buf) - 1 - strlen(buf));
The above will copy as many characters from input to buf as will fit. It
then appends as many characters from suffix as will fit (or none if there
is no space). For operations like this, the strlcpy(3) and strlcat(3)
functions are a better choice, as shown below.
(void)strlcpy(buf, input, sizeof(buf));
(void)strlcat(buf, suffix, sizeof(buf));
bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3), strlcat(3),
strlcpy(3)
The strcat() and strncat() functions conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 ("ANSI
C").
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