strcpy_s, strlcpy, and strncpy and checking for overflow

Yuhong Bao yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com
Sat May 5 06:57:00 GMT 2007


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.

Yuhong Bao

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