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| .TH WCSCAT 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| wcscat \- concatenate two wide-character strings |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <wchar.h> |
| .PP |
| .BI "wchar_t *wcscat(wchar_t *restrict " dest \ |
| ", const wchar_t *restrict " src ); |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .BR wcscat () |
| function is the wide-character equivalent |
| of the |
| .BR strcat (3) |
| function. |
| It copies the wide-character string pointed to by |
| .IR src , |
| including the terminating null wide character (L\(aq\e0\(aq), |
| to the end of the wide-character string pointed to by |
| .IR dest . |
| .PP |
| The strings may not overlap. |
| .PP |
| The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least |
| .IR wcslen(dest) + wcslen(src) +1 |
| wide characters at |
| .IR dest . |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| .BR wcscat () |
| returns |
| .IR dest . |
| .SH ATTRIBUTES |
| For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see |
| .BR attributes (7). |
| .ad l |
| .nh |
| .TS |
| allbox; |
| lbx lb lb |
| l l l. |
| Interface Attribute Value |
| T{ |
| .BR wcscat () |
| T} Thread safety MT-Safe |
| .TE |
| .hy |
| .ad |
| .sp 1 |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR strcat (3), |
| .BR wcpcpy (3), |
| .BR wcscpy (3), |
| .BR wcsncat (3) |
