Function

GLibstpcpy

Declaration [src]

gchar*
g_stpcpy (
  gchar* dest,
  const char* src
)

Description [src]

Copies a nul-terminated string into the destination buffer, including the trailing nul byte, and returns a pointer to the trailing nul byte in dest. The return value is useful for concatenating multiple strings without having to repeatedly scan for the end.

Parameters

dest

Type: gchar*

Destination buffer.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

src

Type: const char*

Source string.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: gchar*

A pointer to the trailing nul byte in dest.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.