Re: strncpy(profile, buffer, index);

["Elvis Budimlic" <ebudimlic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I understand it, strncpy copies "index" number of characters of "buffer"
to "profile". Since "index" is less than length of "buffer", a null
character (\0) is not appended to the "profile".
I don't think length of "profile" enters into equation at all (i.e. you
could corrupt unallocated storage if not careful with your "index"
variable).

Elvis

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-----Original Message-----
Subject: [C400-L] strncpy(profile, buffer, index);

char profile[11];
char   buffer[2048];
int    index;


strncpy(profile, buffer, index);
 
 
does strncpy auto append \0 in profile if index is less than 11 and
buffer is more than 11?