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Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.

This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
Chris Torek.

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@(#)strcat.3 5.3 (Berkeley) 06/24/90

STRCAT 3 ""
C 4
NAME
strcat - concatenate strings
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>

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

char *
strncat(char *s, const char *append, size_t count);
DESCRIPTION
Strcat and strncat append a copy of the null-terminated string append to the end of the null-terminated string s , then add a terminating '\e0'. The string s must have sufficient space to hold the result.

Strncat appends at most count characters.

Strcat and strncat return the pointer s .

SEE ALSO
bcopy(3), memccpy(3), memcpy(3), memmove(3), strcpy(3)
STANDARDS
Strcat and strncat conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').