Copy a string from src to dest, up to the given length. 
Equivalent to the standard C library function strncpy().
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    | dest | Pointer to a buffer to receive the copied string. Must not be NULL. |  | src | Pointer to a string to be copied. Must not be NULL. |  | n | Maximum number of characters to copy. Can be 0, in which case no action is taken. |