glibc/locale/programs/xstrdup.c

/* xstrdup.c -- copy a string with out of memory checking
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   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif

#if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STRING_H || _LIBC
# include <string.h>
#else
# include <strings.h>
#endif
void *xmalloc (size_t n) __THROW;
char *xstrdup (char *string) __THROW;

/* Return a newly allocated copy of STRING.  */

char *
xstrdup (string)
     char *string;
{
  return strcpy (xmalloc (strlen (string) + 1), string);
}