lib/libc/string/strdup.c

/* 
** Copyright 2004, Travis Geiselbrecht. All rights reserved.
** Distributed under the terms of the NewOS License.
*/
/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Travis Geiselbrecht
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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char *
strdup(const char *str)
{
	size_t len;
	char *copy;
	
	len = strlen(str) + 1;
	copy = malloc(len);
	if (copy == NULL)
		return NULL;
	memcpy(copy, str, len);
	return copy;
}