memory: add xstrlcpy

Less "blow a hole in your foot" than strncpy. As also indicated by coverity.
Implementation inspired by the linux kernel (very similar to OSX's Libc
implementation as well).
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Nicolas Hillegeer
2014-05-24 15:02:13 +02:00
committed by Thiago de Arruda
parent 3a68a4861a
commit a50a34f472
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@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ char *xstpcpy(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src);
/// @param maxlen
char *xstpncpy(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src, size_t maxlen);
/// xstrlcpy - Copy a %NUL terminated string into a sized buffer
///
/// Compatible with *BSD strlcpy: the result is always a valid
/// NUL-terminated string that fits in the buffer (unless,
/// of course, the buffer size is zero). It does not pad
/// out the result like strncpy() does.
///
/// @param dst Where to copy the string to
/// @param src Where to copy the string from
/// @param size Size of destination buffer
/// @return Length of the source string (i.e.: strlen(src))
size_t xstrlcpy(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src, size_t size);
/// Duplicates a chunk of memory using xmalloc
///
/// @see {xmalloc}