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   1
   2 /*
   3  * getcpy.c -- copy a string in managed memory
   4  *
   5  * THIS IS OBSOLETE.  NEED TO REPLACE ALL OCCURENCES
   6  * OF GETCPY WITH STRDUP.  BUT THIS WILL REQUIRE
   7  * CHANGING PARTS OF THE CODE TO DEAL WITH NULL VALUES.
   8  *
   9  * $Id$
  10  *
  11  * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh.  See the
  12  * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
  13  * complete copyright information.
  14  */
  15
  16 #include <h/mh.h>
  17
  18
  19 char *
  20 getcpy (char *str)
  21 {
  22     char *cp;
  23     size_t len;
  24
  25     if (str) {
  26         len = strlen(str) + 1;
  27         if (!(cp = malloc (len)))
  28             adios (NULL, "unable to allocate string storage");
  29         memcpy (cp, str, len);
  30     } else {
  31         if (!(cp = malloc ((size_t) 1)))
  32             adios (NULL, "unable to allocate string storage");
  33         *cp = '\0';
  34     }
  35     return cp;
  36 }