Aucbvax.4725 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Tue Oct 27 19:48:23 1981 string routine names >From csk@UCLA-Security Tue Oct 27 19:04:36 1981 Maybe I am a little dense, but: strcpyn, strcatn, and strcmpn are already unique in the first 6 chars! strncpy, strncat, and strncmp are 7 chars (still unique in 6) so what was accomplished by the change? (they didn't shorten to 6 chars, and they were already unique!) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.