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| .TH STRNLEN 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| strnlen \- determine the length of a fixed-size string |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <string.h> |
| .PP |
| .BI "size_t strnlen(const char *" s ", size_t " maxlen ); |
| .fi |
| .PP |
| .RS -4 |
| Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see |
| .BR feature_test_macros (7)): |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| .BR strnlen (): |
| .nf |
| Since glibc 2.10: |
| _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L |
| Before glibc 2.10: |
| _GNU_SOURCE |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .BR strnlen () |
| function returns the number of bytes in the string |
| pointed to by |
| .IR s , |
| excluding the terminating null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq), |
| but at most |
| .IR maxlen . |
| In doing this, |
| .BR strnlen () |
| looks only at the first |
| .I maxlen |
| characters in the string pointed to by |
| .I s |
| and never beyond |
| .IR s[maxlen\-1] . |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| The |
| .BR strnlen () |
| function returns |
| .IR strlen(s) , |
| if that is less than |
| .IR maxlen , |
| or |
| .I maxlen |
| if there is no null terminating (\(aq\e0\(aq) among the first |
| .I maxlen |
| characters pointed to by |
| .IR s . |
| .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 strnlen () |
| T} Thread safety MT-Safe |
| .TE |
| .hy |
| .ad |
| .sp 1 |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| POSIX.1-2008. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR strlen (3) |