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From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org>
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Subject: docs/29002: strcpy manpage incorrectly states both strcpy and strncpy put in \0
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>Number:         29002
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       strcpy manpage incorrectly states both strcpy and strncpy put in \0
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 16 03:50:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joseph Mallett
>Release:        4.3-STABLE
>Organization:
xMach
>Environment:
FreeBSD Aphex.NewGold.NET 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Sun Jul  8 14:41:11
GMT 2001     root@Aphex.NewGold.NET:/usr/src/sys/compile/APHEX  i386
>Description:
the first sentance of strcpy(3) manpage states that both strncpy and strcpy in fact do what only strcpy does. It seems to me this is just a typo, as the second sentance is clearly structured the same, and therefore is probably what is meant to be the description.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 3 strcpy
>Fix:
--- strcpy.orig Mon Jul 16 10:38:16 2001
+++ strcpy.3    Mon Jul 16 10:39:20 2001
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn strcpy
-and
-.Fn strncpy
-functions
-copy the string
+function
+copies the string
 .Fa src
 to
 .Fa dst

>Release-Note:
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