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.\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
.\"
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.\" References consulted:
.\"   GNU glibc-2 source code and manual
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.\"   OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
.\"   ISO/IEC 9899:1999
.\"
.TH WCSCPY 3  1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcscpy \- copy a wide-character string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <wchar.h>
.sp
.BI "wchar_t *wcscpy(wchar_t *" dest ", const wchar_t *" src );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR wcscpy ()
function is the wide-character equivalent
of the
.BR strcpy (3)
function.
It copies the wide-character string pointed to by \fIsrc\fP,
including the terminating L\(aq\\0\(aq character, to the array pointed to by
\fIdest\fP.
.PP
The strings may not overlap.
.PP
The programmer must ensure that there is
room for at least \fIwcslen(src)+1\fP
wide characters at \fIdest\fP.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.BR wcscpy ()
returns \fIdest\fP.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR strcpy (3),
.BR wcpcpy (3),
.BR wcscat (3),
.BR wcsdup (3),
.BR wmemcpy (3)