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1 /* strdup.c -- return a newly allocated copy of a string
2 Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
18 #ifdef STDC_HEADERS
19 #include <string.h>
20 #include <stdlib.h>
21 #else
22 char *malloc ();
23 char *strcpy ();
24 #endif
26 #if !__STDC__
27 #define const
28 #endif
30 /* Return a newly allocated copy of STR,
31 or 0 if out of memory. */
33 char *
34 strdup (str)
35 const char *str;
37 char *newstr;
39 newstr = (char *) malloc (strlen (str) + 1);
40 if (newstr)
41 strcpy (newstr, str);
42 return newstr;