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Re: strcpy versus strncpy

From: dgaudet-list-bugtraq () ARCTIC ORG (Dean Gaudet)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:38:38 -0800


You forgot:

4. strncpy is required to zero-fill the entire destination, which can be
quite a performance pig if the destination is big and the strncpy is
executed frequently.

Dean

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