[Info-vax] strncpy(), was: Re: Whither VMS?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2009-10-03, Mark Daniel <mark.daniel at wasd.vsm.com.au> wrote:
>> strncpy() may not overflow but then it does not terminate the copied 
>> chars when that happens either.  The whole null-termination approach is 
>> a crock (much as I use it).
> 
> I've made it a point to _always_ place a null in the past position of a
> buffer after a call to strncpy() for exactly that reason.
> 
> IMHO, whoever specified the strncpy semantics deserves to be shamed.
> 

Well, perhaps.  But who said you had to use strncpy?  Or C?  You can 
certainly write your own string copy routine and try to do it better.

It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools!