wcscpy(3) Library Functions Manual wcscpy(3) NAME wcscpy - copy a wide-character string LIBRARY Standard C library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include wchar_t *wcscpy(wchar_t *restrict dest, const wchar_t *restrict src); 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) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-15 wcscpy(3)