.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
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.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
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.\"	@(#)strcat.3	5.3 (Berkeley) 06/24/90
.\"
.TH STRCAT 3 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
strcat \- concatenate strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <string.h>

char *
strcat(char *s, const char *append);

char *
strncat(char *s, const char *append, size_t count);
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Strcat
and
.B strncat
append a copy of the null-terminated string
.I append
to the end of the null-terminated string
.IR s ,
then add a terminating '\e0'.
The string
.I s
must have sufficient space to hold the result.
.PP
.B Strncat
appends at most
.I count
characters.
.PP
.B Strcat
and
.B strncat
return the pointer
.IR s .
.SH SEE ALSO
bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3)
.SH STANDARDS
.B Strcat
and
.B strncat
conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').