string/strdup.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
   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
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   8
   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
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  13
  14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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  16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
  17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
  18
  19 #include <ansidecl.h>
  20 #include <stddef.h>
  21 #include <stdlib.h>
  22 #include <string.h>
  23
  24
  25 /* Duplicate S, returning an identical malloc'd string.  */
  26 char *
  27 DEFUN(strdup, (s), CONST char *s)
  28 {
  29   size_t len = strlen(s) + 1;
  30   PTR new = malloc(len);
  31
  32   if (new == NULL)
  33     return NULL;
  34
  35   memcpy(new, (PTR) s, len);
  36
  37   return (char *) new;
  38 }