23 Jan
2013
23 Jan
'13
4:58 a.m.
A quick search of the archive shows that it appears, with strcpy, in v7, which suggests
that this isn't the only reason...
Warner
On Jan 22, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Nevin Liber wrote:
On another list I am on, a discussion about the
history and purpose of strncpy has arisen. The only reference I have found to it is
<http://lwn.net/Articles/507432/>:
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.
Is that really the reason it came into being?
Just a bit curious,
--
Nevin ":-)" Liber <mailto:nevin@eviloverlord.com> (847) 691-1404
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