Tue Jul 2 23:45:14 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
[glibc/history.git] / string / strndup.c
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1 /* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library 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 GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
19 #include <stddef.h>
20 #include <stdlib.h>
21 #include <string.h>
24 char *
25 strndup (const char *s, size_t n)
27 size_t len = strnlen (s, n);
28 char *new = malloc (len + 1);
30 if (new == NULL)
31 return NULL;
33 memcpy (new, s, len);
34 new[len] = '\0';
36 return new;