STRCAT

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3 )
Updated: 1993-04-11
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NAME

strcat, strncat - concatenate two strings

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src);

char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

The strcat() function appends the src string to the dest string overwriting the `\0' character at the end of dest, and then adds a terminating `\0' character. The strings may not overlap, and the dest string must have enough space for the result.

The strncat() function is similar, except that only the first n characters of src are appended to dest.

RETURN VALUE

The strcat() and strncat() functions return a pointer to the resulting string dest.

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

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