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  1. /*
  2. ** copy n characters from sour to dest (null padding)
  3. */
  4.   static char *xd;
  5.  
  6. strncpy(dest, sour, n) char *dest, *sour; int n; {
  7.   xd = dest;
  8.   while(n-- > 0) {
  9.     if(*xd++ = *sour++) continue;
  10.     while(n-- > 0) *xd++ = 0;
  11.     }
  12.   *xd = 0;
  13.   return (dest);
  14.   }
  15.