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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   5  * THIS IS OBSOLETE.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  * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh.  See the
  10  * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
  11  * complete copyright information.
  12  */
  13
  14 #include <h/mh.h>
  15 #include <h/utils.h>
  16
  17
  18 char *
  19 getcpy (char *str)
  20 {
  21     char *cp;
  22     size_t len;
  23
  24     if (str) {
  25         len = strlen(str) + 1;
  26         cp = mh_xmalloc (len);
  27         memcpy (cp, str, len);
  28     } else {
  29         cp = mh_xmalloc ((size_t) 1);
  30         *cp = '\0';
  31     }
  32     return cp;
  33 }