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strncpy() historystrncpy() historyPosted Jul 19, 2012 14:04 UTC (Thu) by danscox (subscriber, #4125)In reply to: strncpy() history by akanaber Parent article: The ups and downs of strlcpy()
The original reason for strncpy() was when directory names were limited to 14 chars. The other two bytes contained the inode number. For that particular case, strncpy() worked quite well. Yes, I've been at this for 'way too long now ;-).
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strncpy() history Posted Jul 19, 2012 19:21 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link]
Dear lord.. that sentence led back to flashbacks from the 80's. Thanks.
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