lib/xstrndup.c

/* Convenience function for string allocation.
   Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc.
   This file is part of Red Hat elfutils.

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

#include <string.h>
#include "system.h"


/* Return a newly allocated copy of STRING.  */
char *
xstrndup (string, n)
     const char *string;
     size_t n;
{
  char *res;
  size_t len = strnlen (string, n);
  *((char *) mempcpy ((res = xmalloc (len + 1)), string, len)) = '\0';
  return res;
}