In C programming, strcpy() and strncpy() are both functions used for string manipulation, but they have some key differences:
strcpy(destination, source):
Copies the entire source string to the destination until it encounters a null character ('\0'), without checking the destination buffer size. This lack of size checking may lead to buffer overflow if the source string is longer than the destination buffer.
strncpy(destination, source, n):
Copies at most n characters from the source to the destination, padding with null characters ('\0') if necessary. This helps prevent buffer overflow by limiting the number of characters copied, but it's important to note that it may not automatically null-terminate the destination string if the source is equal to or longer than n.