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1 /* xasprintf.c
2 * Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 * This file is part of GnuPG.
6 * GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
9 * (at your option) any later version.
11 * GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 * GNU General Public License for more details.
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
20 #include <config.h>
21 #include <stdlib.h>
22 #include <errno.h>
24 #include "util.h"
25 #include "iobuf.h"
26 #include "estream-printf.h"
28 #if !defined(_ESTREAM_PRINTF_MALLOC) || !defined(_ESTREAM_PRINTF_FREE)
29 #error Need to define ESTREAM_PRINTF_MALLOC and _FREE
30 #endif
32 /* Same as asprintf but return an allocated buffer suitable to be
33 freed using xfree. This function simply dies on memory failure,
34 thus no extra check is required. */
35 char *
36 xasprintf (const char *fmt, ...)
38 va_list ap;
39 char *buf;
41 va_start (ap, fmt);
42 if (estream_vasprintf (&buf, fmt, ap) < 0)
43 log_fatal ("estream_asprintf failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));
44 va_end (ap);
45 return buf;
48 /* Same as above but return NULL on memory failure. */
49 char *
50 xtryasprintf (const char *fmt, ...)
52 int rc;
53 va_list ap;
54 char *buf;
56 va_start (ap, fmt);
57 rc = estream_vasprintf (&buf, fmt, ap);
58 va_end (ap);
59 if (rc < 0)
60 return NULL;
61 return buf;