Date:	Sun, 23 Aug 1998 14:34:09 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id:	<199808231834.OAA10438@delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	robert DOT hoehne AT gmx DOT net
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<35DFED7B.6AC8212D@gmx.net> (message from Robert Hoehne on Sun,
	23 Aug 1998 10:22:51 +0000)
Subject:	Re: Bug in crt1.c (alpha 980712)

> I don't know if the current behaviour is correct, but after looking
> in the sources, I found, that strncpy copies _ALWAYS_ as many
> characters as given in the third argument.

This is correct.  strncpy always stores exactly N characters in the
destination, regardless of the source.  Its purpose in life is to fill
in fixed-width fields.

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