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string/strcat.3 Libc-583 Libc-262.3.2
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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 ,