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22 #pragma prototyped
23 
24 #include <ast.h>
25 
26 /*
27  * copy up to n bytes of string f into t
28  * trailing 0 always added to t, even if n==0
29  * pointer to the copied 0 returned
30  */
31 
32 char*
33 strncopy(register char* t, register const char* f, size_t n)
34 {
35 	register char*	e = t + n - 1;
36 
37 	do
38 	{
39 		if (t >= e)
40 		{
41 			*t = 0;
42 			return t;
43 		}
44 	} while (*t++ = *f++);
45 	return t - 1;
46 }
47