Re: Too long network device names corrupts kernel

[Michael Richardson]

>>>>> "Tobias" == Tobias Ringstrom <[e-mail]> writes:
    Tobias> Btw, does anyone know of a C function that works like strncpy, but does
    Tobias> add a terminating null character, event if the string does not fit, ro
    Tobias> does one have to do str[5]=0 first, and then strncpy(str,src,4)?

  str[0]=0;
  strncat(str, src, 4);

  Works as you want.

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