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Re: strcpy_s, strlcpy, and strncpy and checking for overflow

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Cc: "Yuhong Bao" <yuhongbao_386 at hotmail dot com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 04:17:11 -0400
Subject: Re: strcpy_s, strlcpy, and strncpy and checking for overflow
References: <BAY109-F129C45D4D402B5036413DEC3470@phx.gbl>

On Saturday 05 May 2007, Yuhong Bao wrote:
> strncpy makes it hard to check for overflow.
> strlcpy make it much easier to check for overflow.
> strcpy_s (part of the VC2005 libraries) do not copy the string at all if
> overflow has happened. You must use strncpy_s with _TRUNCATE specified in
> the count parameter to truncate.

were you trying to ask a question ?  seems like you were just stating some 
facts ...
-mike

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