// vc98 string.h has:
// _CRTIMP char *  __cdecl strncpy(char *, const char *, size_t);

char * __cdecl safestrncpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t maxchars)
{
  strncpy(dst, src, maxchars);
  dst[maxchars - 1] = 0;

  return dst;
}