lib/xstrndup.c

   1 /* Duplicate a bounded initial segment of a string, with out-of-memory
   2    checking.
   3    Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   6    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   7    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   8    any later version.
   9
  10    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  12    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  13    GNU General Public License for more details.
  14
  15    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  16    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  17    Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  18
  19 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
  20 # include <config.h>
  21 #endif
  22
  23 /* Specification.  */
  24 #include "xstrndup.h"
  25
  26 #include "strndup.h"
  27 #include "xalloc.h"
  28
  29 /* Return a newly allocated copy of at most N bytes of STRING.
  30    In other words, return a copy of the initial segment of length N of
  31    STRING.  */
  32 char *
  33 xstrndup (const char *string, size_t n)
  34 {
  35   char *s = strndup (string, n);
  36   if (! s)
  37     xalloc_die ();
  38   return s;
  39 }