mariadb/strings/strnmov.c

/* Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
   
   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   
   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.
   
   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
   MA 02111-1307, USA */

/*
    strnmov(dst,src,length) moves length characters, or until end, of src to
    dst and appends a closing NUL to dst if src is shorter than length.
    The result is a pointer to the first NUL in dst, or is dst+n if dst was
    truncated.
*/

#include <global.h>
#include "m_string.h"

char *strnmov(register char *dst, register const char *src, uint n)
{
  while (n-- != 0) {
    if (!(*dst++ = *src++)) {
      return (char*) dst-1;
    }
  }
  return dst;
}