# PL_strcpy

Copies a string, up to and including the trailing `'\0'`, into a
destination buffer.

## Syntax

```{code}
char * PL_strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
```

## Parameters

The function has these parameters:

`dest`

: Pointer to a buffer. On output, the buffer contains a copy of the
  string passed in src.

`src`

: Pointer to the string to be copied.

## Returns

The function returns a pointer to the buffer specified by the `dest`
parameter.

## Description

If the string specified by `src` is longer than the buffer specified
by `dest`, the buffer will not be null-terminated.