lib/xstrdup.c

   1 /* xstrdup.c -- copy a string with out of memory checking
   2    Copyright (C) 1990, 1996, 1998 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 Foundation,
  16    Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  17
  18 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
  19 # include <config.h>
  20 #endif
  21
  22 #ifndef PARAMS
  23 # if defined PROTOTYPES || (defined __STDC__ && __STDC__)
  24 #  define PARAMS(Args) Args
  25 # else
  26 #  define PARAMS(Args) ()
  27 # endif
  28 #endif
  29
  30 #if STDC_HEADERS || HAVE_STRING_H
  31 # include <string.h>
  32 #else
  33 # include <strings.h>
  34 #endif
  35
  36 #include <sys/types.h>
  37
  38 char *xmalloc PARAMS ((size_t n));
  39
  40 /* Return a newly allocated copy of STRING.  */
  41
  42 char *
  43 xstrdup (const char *string)
  44 {
  45   return strcpy (xmalloc (strlen (string) + 1), string);
  46 }