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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000
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+/* stpcpy.c -- copy a string and return pointer to end of new string
+ Copyright (C) 1989, 1990 Free Software Foundation.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+/* Copy SOURCE into DEST, stopping after copying the first '\0', and
+ return a pointer to the '\0' at the end of DEST;
+ in other words, return DEST + strlen (SOURCE). */
+
+char *
+stpcpy (dest, source)
+ char *dest;
+ char *source;
+{
+ while ((*dest++ = *source++) != '\0')
+ /* Do nothing. */ ;
+ return dest - 1;
+}