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--- Libc/Libc-583/string/strcat.3
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)strcat.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/strcat.3,v 1.13 2002/09/06 11:24:06 tjr Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/strcat.3,v 1.9 2001/10/01 16:09:00 ru Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt STRCAT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm strcat ,
-.Nm strncat
+.Nm strcat
.Nd concatenate strings
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In string.h
.Ft char *
-.Fo strcat
-.Fa "char *restrict s1"
-.Fa "const char *restrict s2"
-.Fc
+.Fn strcat "char *s" "const char *append"
.Ft char *
-.Fo strncat
-.Fa "char *restrict s1"
-.Fa "const char *restrict s2"
-.Fa "size_t n"
-.Fc
+.Fn strncat "char *s" "const char *append" "size_t count"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn strcat
@@ -65,27 +57,24 @@
.Fn strncat
functions
append a copy of the null-terminated string
-.Fa s2
+.Fa append
to the end of the null-terminated string
-.Fa s1 ,
+.Fa s ,
then add a terminating
.Ql \e0 .
The string
-.Fa s1
+.Fa s
must have sufficient space to hold the result.
.Pp
The
.Fn strncat
function
appends not more than
-.Fa n
+.Fa count
characters from
-.Fa s2 ,
+.Fa append ,
and then adds a terminating
.Ql \e0 .
-.Pp
-The source and destination strings should not overlap, as the
-behavior is undefined.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn strcat
@@ -93,65 +82,7 @@
.Fn strncat
functions
return the pointer
-.Fa s1 .
-.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
-The
-.Fn strcat
-function is easily misused in a manner
-which enables malicious users to arbitrarily change
-a running program's functionality through a buffer overflow attack.
-(See
-the FSA.)
-.Pp
-Avoid using
-.Fn strcat .
-Instead, use
-.Fn strncat
-or
-.Fn strlcat
-and ensure that no more characters are copied to the destination buffer
-than it can hold.
-.Pp
-Note that
-.Fn strncat
-can also be problematic.
-It may be a security concern for a string to be truncated at all.
-Since the truncated string will not be as long as the original,
-it may refer to a completely different resource
-and usage of the truncated resource
-could result in very incorrect behavior.
-Example:
-.Bd -literal
-void
-foo(const char *arbitrary_string)
-{
- char onstack[8] = "";
-
-#if defined(BAD)
- /*
- * This first strcat is bad behavior. Do not use strcat!
- */
- (void)strcat(onstack, arbitrary_string); /* BAD! */
-#elif defined(BETTER)
- /*
- * The following two lines demonstrate better use of
- * strncat().
- */
- (void)strncat(onstack, arbitrary_string,
- sizeof(onstack) - strlen(onstack) - 1);
-#elif defined(BEST)
- /*
- * These lines are even more robust due to testing for
- * truncation.
- */
- if (strlen(arbitrary_string) + 1 >
- sizeof(onstack) - strlen(onstack))
- err(1, "onstack would be truncated");
- (void)strncat(onstack, arbitrary_string,
- sizeof(onstack) - strlen(onstack) - 1);
-#endif
-}
-.Ed
+.Fa s .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bcopy 3 ,
.Xr memccpy 3 ,