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NAME
wcscpy - copy a wide-character string
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
bash
#include <wchar.h>bash
wchar_t *wcscpy(wchar_t *restrict \ndest\n, const wchar_t *restrict \nsrc\n);DESCRIPTION
The wcscpy() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strcpy(3) function. It copies the wide-character string pointed to by src, including the terminating null wide character (L'\0'), to the array pointed to by dest.
The strings may not overlap.
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least wcslen(src)+1 wide characters at dest.
RETURN VALUE
wcscpy() returns dest.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| wcscpy () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
SEE ALSO
strcpy(3), wcpcpy(3), wcscat(3), wcsdup(3), wmemcpy(3)