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 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 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)