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NAME

       firestring_strncpy - strncpy(3) with slightly saner semantics

SYNOPSIS

       #include <firestring.h>
       -lfirestring

       void firestring_strncpy(char * const to, const char * const from, const
       size_t size)

DESCRIPTION

       firestring_strncpy() acts like strncpy(3) except that  to  will  always
       contain a trailing nil, even if the function runs out of space.

RETURN VALUE

       Always succeeds.

AUTHOR

       Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

       libfirestring(3)

                                  2002-03-31             firestring_strncpy(3)