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#pragma prototyped

#include <ast.h>

/*
 * copy up to n bytes of string f into t
 * trailing 0 always added to t, even if n==0
 * pointer to the copied 0 returned
 */

char*
strncopy(register char* t, register const char* f, size_t n)
{
	register char*	e = t + n - 1;

	do
	{
		if (t >= e)
		{
			*t = 0;
			return t;
		}
	} while (*t++ = *f++);
	return t - 1;
}