NAME
strcpy —
copy a string
SYNOPSIS
#include
<string.h>
char *
strcpy(char
*dst, const char
*src);
DESCRIPTION
The
strcpy()
function copies the string src to
dst (including the terminating
‘\0’ character). The string
dst must be at least as large as
src to hold the result.
If the src and dst strings overlap, the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUES
The strcpy() function returns
dst.
SEE ALSO
bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcat(3), strlcpy(3), strncpy(3), wcscpy(3), wcslcpy(3)
STANDARDS
The strcpy() and
strncpy() functions conform to ANSI
X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”).
HISTORY
The strcpy() function first appeared in
the Programmer's Workbench (PWB/UNIX) and was ported to
Version 7 AT&T UNIX.