programs/xstrdup.c

/* xstrdup.c -- copy a string with out of memory checking
   Copyright (C) 1990-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
   by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */

#include <string.h>

void *xmalloc(size_t n);
char *xstrdup(char *string);

/* Return a newly allocated copy of STRING.  */

char *xstrdup(string)
char *string;
{ return strcpy(xmalloc(strlen(string) + 1), string); }