The alternative to gets() is fgets(). In fact, I'm pretty sure the gets() function is completely deprecated in the C11 standard. However, despite the n functio

The alternative to gets() is fgets(). In fact, I'm pretty sure the gets() function is completely deprecated in the C11 standard. However, despite the n functions being generally safer, you're still propagating misinformation by touting them as secure alternatives. The original use of the n functions was to manipulate strings in matters of fixed size arrays. If you don't know what you're doing and just blindly use strncpy() as a strcpy() replacement, you could end up truncating your strings. OpenBSD's l functions, on the other hand, were specifically designed with security in mind.