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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   5  * THIS IS OBSOLETE.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
  12 #include <h/mh.h>
  13
  14
  15 char *
  16 getcpy (char *str)
  17 {
  18     char *cp;
  19     size_t len;
  20
  21     if (str) {
  22         len = strlen(str) + 1;
  23         if (!(cp = malloc (len)))
  24             adios (NULL, "unable to allocate string storage");
  25         memcpy (cp, str, len);
  26     } else {
  27         if (!(cp = malloc ((size_t) 1)))
  28             adios (NULL, "unable to allocate string storage");
  29         *cp = '\0';
  30     }
  31     return cp;
  32 }