NAME

strcat — concatenate two strings without bounds checking

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char *
strcat(char *dst, const char *append);

DESCRIPTION

The strcat() function appends a copy of the NUL-terminated string append to the end of the NUL-terminated string dst, then adds a terminating ‘\0’.

No bounds checking is performed. If the buffer dst is not large enough to hold the result, subsequent memory will be damaged.

RETURN VALUES

The strcat() function return the pointer dst.

SEE ALSO

strlcpy(3), wcscat(3), wcslcpy(3)

STANDARDS

The strcat() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”).

HISTORY

The strcat() function first appeared in the Programmer's Workbench (PWB/UNIX) and was ported to Version 7 AT&T UNIX.