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STRCAT(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 STRCAT(3)



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(3,n) to the dest string(3,n) over-
       writing the `\0' character at the end of dest, and then adds  a  termi-
       nating  `\0'  character.   The  strings  may  not overlap, and the dest
       string(3,n) must have enough space for the result.

       The strncat() function is similar, except that it will use  at  most  n
       characters  from src.  Since the result is always terminated with `\0',
       at most n+1 characters are written.

RETURN VALUE
       The strcat() and strncat() functions return a pointer to the  resulting
       string(3,n) dest.

CONFORMING TO
       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO
       bcopy(3),  memccpy(3),  memcpy(3),  strcpy(3),  strncpy(3),  wcscat(3),
       wcsncat(3)



GNU                               1993-04-11                         STRCAT(3)