.\" 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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.\"	@(#)strncat.3	5.1 (Berkeley) 05/15/90
.\"
.TH STRNCAT 3 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
strncat \- concatenate strings of limited length
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <string.h>

char *
strncat(char *s, const char *append, size_t count);
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Strncat
appends at most
.I count
characters from the null-terminated string
.I append
to the end of the null-terminated string
.IR s ,
then adds a terminating '\e0'.
.B Strncat
returns the pointer
.IR s .
.SH SEE ALSO
strcat(3)
.SH STANDARDS
.B Strncat
conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').