locale/programs/xstrdup.c

   1 /* xstrdup.c -- copy a string with out of memory checking
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   3    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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  18    02111-1307 USA.  */
  19
  20 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
  21 # include <config.h>
  22 #endif
  23
  24 #if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STRING_H || _LIBC
  25 # include <string.h>
  26 #else
  27 # include <strings.h>
  28 #endif
  29 void *xmalloc (size_t n) __THROW;
  30 char *xstrdup (char *string) __THROW;
  31
  32 /* Return a newly allocated copy of STRING.  */
  33
  34 char *
  35 xstrdup (string)
  36      char *string;
  37 {
  38   return strcpy (xmalloc (strlen (string) + 1), string);
  39 }