NAME
strcpy —
copy a string without bounds
checking
SYNOPSIS
#include
<string.h>
char *
strcpy(char
*dst, const char
*src);
DESCRIPTION
The
strcpy()
function copies the string src (including the
terminating ‘\0’ character) to the
buffer dst.
No bounds checking is performed. If the buffer dst is not large enough to hold the result, subsequent memory will be damaged.
If the src string is inside the dst buffer, the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUES
The strcpy() function returns
dst.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The strcpy() function conforms to
ANSI X3.159-1989
(“ANSI C89”).
HISTORY
The strcpy() function first appeared
outside of Bell Labs in PWB/UNIX 1.0.