lib/xstrdup.c

   1 /* xstrdup.c -- copy a string with out of memory checking
   2    Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   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.
   8
   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.
  13
  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.  */
  17
  18 #if defined(USG) || defined(STDC_HEADERS)
  19 #include <string.h>
  20 #else
  21 #include <strings.h>
  22 #endif
  23 char *xmalloc ();
  24
  25 /* Return a newly allocated copy of STRING.  */
  26
  27 char *
  28 xstrdup (string)
  29      char *string;
  30 {
  31   return strcpy (xmalloc (strlen (string) + 1), string);
  32 }