str_copy.c File Reference

Implementation of the strcpy_ss function for safe string copying. More...

#include <string.h>
#include "mdb.h"

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Functions
char *	strcpy_ss (char *dest, const char *src)
	Safely copies a string, handling memory overlap.

Detailed Description

Implementation of the strcpy_ss function for safe string copying.

This file contains the implementation of the strcpy_ss function, which safely copies a string from the source to the destination buffer, ensuring that overlapping memory regions are handled correctly.

Copyright

• (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne National Laboratory.
• (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

License

This file is distributed under the terms of the Software License Agreement found in the file LICENSE included with this distribution.

Author

Y. Wang, M. Borland, R. Soliday

Definition in file str_copy.c.

Function Documentation

strcpy_ss()

char * strcpy_ss	(	char *	dest,
		const char *	src )

Safely copies a string, handling memory overlap.

Copies the string pointed to by src, including the terminating null byte, to the buffer pointed to by dest. This function ensures that the copy is performed safely even if the source and destination buffers overlap.

Parameters

dest	Pointer to the destination buffer where the string will be copied.
src	Pointer to the null-terminated source string to copy.

Returns

Pointer to the destination string dest.

Definition at line 34 of file str_copy.c.

                                             {
  return (char *)memmove(dest, src, strlen(src) + 1);
}