STRCAT(3P)

PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME
strcat — concatenate two strings

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char *strcat(char *restrict s1, const char *restrict s2);

DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

The strcat() function shall append a copy of the string pointed to by s2 (including the terminating NUL character) to the end of the string pointed to by s1. The initial byte of s2 overwrites the NUL character at the end of s1. If copying takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUE
The strcat() function shall return s1; no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS
No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
None.

APPLICATION USAGE
This version is aligned with the ISO C standard; this does not affect compatibility with XPG3 applications. Reliable error detection by this function was never guaranteed.

RATIONALE
None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

SEE ALSO
strncat()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <string.h>

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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