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Ulrich Drepper361df7d2006-04-04 21:38:57 +00001/* Convenience function for string allocation.
2 Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc.
3 This file is part of Red Hat elfutils.
Ulrich Drepperb08d5a82005-07-26 05:00:05 +00004
Ulrich Drepper361df7d2006-04-04 21:38:57 +00005 Red Hat elfutils is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
7 Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
Ulrich Drepperb08d5a82005-07-26 05:00:05 +00008
Ulrich Drepper361df7d2006-04-04 21:38:57 +00009 Red Hat elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
10 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
15 with Red Hat elfutils; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Ulrich Drepper1e9ef502006-04-04 22:29:06 +000016 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301 USA.
Ulrich Drepper361df7d2006-04-04 21:38:57 +000017
Ulrich Drepper361df7d2006-04-04 21:38:57 +000018 Red Hat elfutils is an included package of the Open Invention Network.
19 An included package of the Open Invention Network is a package for which
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Ulrich Drepperb08d5a82005-07-26 05:00:05 +000025
26#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
27# include <config.h>
28#endif
29
30#include <string.h>
31#include "system.h"
32
33
34/* Return a newly allocated copy of STRING. */
35char *
36xstrndup (string, n)
37 const char *string;
38 size_t n;
39{
40 char *res;
41 size_t len = strnlen (string, n);
42 *((char *) mempcpy ((res = xmalloc (len + 1)), string, len)) = '\0';
43 return res;
44}