Proof that strlcpy is un-needed

[endman]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
        char *input = argv[1];
        char *str;

        str = malloc(strlen(input)*sizeof(char));
        strcpy(str,input);
        printf("%s\n",str);
}

[JX8p]

Linus Torvalds and the Linux kernel developers do not care. In fact, so little do they care about your 'proof' that they added strlcpy() to the Linux kernel over 11 years ago.

[movieman]

BTW, you do realize you have a buffer overflow in that code, don't you?

[nasyt]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
        char *input = argv[1];
        char *str;

        str = malloc(strlen(input)*sizeof(char));
        strcpy(str,input);
        printf("%s\n",str);
}

Malloc in the kernel is evil!

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
        char *input = argv[1];
        char str[100];

        strcpy(str,input);
        printf("%s\n",str);
}

You know: string longer than 100 = overflow

Best choice:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int min(int a,int b){return (a<b)?a:b;}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
        char *input = argv[1];
        char str[100];

        memcpy(str,input,min(strlen(str)+1,100);
        printf("%s\n",str);
}

[nslay]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
        char *input = argv[1];
        char *str;

        str = malloc(strlen(input)*sizeof(char));
        strcpy(str,input);
        printf("%s\n",str);
}

When used this way, strdup() is proof that neither strcpy() nor strlcpy() are needed.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
        char *input = argv[1];
        char *str;

        str = strdup(input);

        printf("%s\n",str);
}

[haagch]

Since you can just write your stuff in inline assembly, none of these functions are needed.

[nasyt]

Proof that <string.h> un-needed

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define MAXS 100

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
        char *input = argv[1];
        char* ptr;
        char str[MAXS];
        ptr = str;

        int n=MAXS;
        while(n--&&*input)*(ptr++)=*(input++);
        *ptr=0;
        printf("%s\n",str);
}