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+#include <string.h>
+
+char *strncpy(char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n) {
+ char * rc = s1;
+ while ( (n > 0) && (*s1++ = *s2++) ) {
+ /* Cannot do "n--" in the conditional as size_t is unsigned and we have
+ * to check it again for >0 in the next loop below, so we must not risk
+ * underflow.
+ */
+ --n;
+ }
+ /* Checking against 1 as we missed the last --n in the loop above. */
+ while (n-- > 1) {
+ *s1++ = '\0';
+ }
+ return rc;
+}