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  2. From: Bruce Arnold <barnold@vcx.net>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Re: Problem with stringcopy
  5. Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 01:11:03 -0800
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  8. References: <4clguu$9fs@eagle.novo.dk> <yewvimppjz5.fsf@hyll.idt.unit.no> <4cmafq$bm5@clarknet.clark.net> <4co4mk$1pqi@news.gate.net>
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  15. > In article <4cmafq$bm5@clarknet.clark.net>,
  16. >    eamick@clark.net (Eric Amick) wrote:
  17. > >Amund Tveit (amundt@pvv.unit.no) wrote:
  18. > >>[Morten Brun]
  19. > >>|   How do i do a partial stringcopy ....
  20. .......
  21. >         strncpy(destination,&source[startpos],max_length);
  22. .......
  23. The above solution looks good but don't forget that strncpy() doesn't
  24. terminate the string with a null in all cases.  Therefore an extra 
  25. statement is required:  destination[max_length] = 0;
  26.  
  27. Bruce.
  28.