Example: strncpy

The following example of strncpy creates a filename that conforms to the 8.3 DOS file name format i.e., the name must be no more than 8 characters and the file suffix must be 3 characters long.

The file name created is in the form [Vuser_id]_apptest.log. When running the example in VuGen, the Vuser ID returned by lr_whoami is -1, two characters in length. The remaining characters, "_apptest" make up more than the required 8 characters. strncpy ensures that only 8 characters are copied to filename. The final name is "-1_appte.log".

    #include <string.h>

    int id, length;
    char tmp[1024];

// 8 characters + period + 3 characters + null 

    char filename[13]; 
    lr_whoami (&id, NULL, NULL);
    sprintf(tmp, "%d_apptest", id);
    length = strlen(tmp);
    lr_output_message ("name=%s length=%d", tmp, length);

// Copy 8 characters only

    strncpy(filename, tmp, 8); 
    lr_output_message ("filename without suffix=%s", filename);
    strcat(filename, ".log");
    lr_output_message ("final filename=%s", filename);

Example: Output:
Action.c(10): name=-1_apptest length=10
Action.c(13): filename without suffix=-1_appte
Action.c(15): final filename=-1_appte.log