match_strlcpy(9)

💖 match_strlcpy(9) — NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the match_strlcpy(9) page in the Kernel API Manual — this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic. It copies the characters from a substring_t to a sized buffer. periodt. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

size_t match_strlcpy (char *dest , const substring_t *src , size_t size
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dest — where to copy to. this is the destination, the place things land. 🫶
• src — the substring_t to copy. she's the source, the main character. 💅
• size — size of destination buffer. literally the size limit of the destination buffer, no more no less. 📏

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what it does: it copies the characters in the substring_t src into the c-style string dest. Copying is capped — it copies no more than size - 1 characters, plus the terminating NUL. That's the whole vibe: room for the NUL, and keep it moving. 🍓

⭐ RETURN ⭐

It returns the length of src. yep, that's the tea. ☕

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./lib/parser.c, plus this whole friend group:

• match_one(9)
• match_token(9)
• match_number(9)
• match_u64int(9)
• match_int(9)
• match_uint(9)
• match_u64(9)
• match_octal(9)
• match_hex(9)
• match_wildcard(9)
• match_strdup(9)

mwah 💋 this has been your match_strlcpy(9) moment — brought to you by ./lib, October 2026. go be amazing, bestie 💜