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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2011-09-28 06:16:17 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2011-09-28 06:20:52 +0200
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gets.3, mbtowc.3, printf.3, puts.3, scanf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strxfrm.3, utmp.5: Global fix: consistent use of "null byte"
Bring more consistency to the discussion of "[terminating] null byte" by writing (at least in the initial use in a page) "[terminating] null byte ('\0')". Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
.\"
-.TH STPCPY 3 2010-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH STPCPY 3 2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
stpcpy \- copy a string returning a pointer to its end
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ _GNU_SOURCE
The
.BR stpcpy ()
function copies the string pointed to by \fIsrc\fP
-(including the terminating \(aq\\0\(aq character) to the array pointed to by
+(including the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq)) to the array pointed to by
\fIdest\fP.
The strings may not overlap, and the destination string
\fIdest\fP must be large enough to receive the copy.