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[coreutils.git] / lib / xstrndup.h
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1 /* Duplicate a bounded initial segment of a string, with out-of-memory
2 checking.
3 Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.
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.
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. */
19 #include <stddef.h>
21 /* Return a newly allocated copy of at most N bytes of STRING.
22 In other words, return a copy of the initial segment of length N of
23 STRING. */
24 extern char *xstrndup (const char *string, size_t n);