strndup.c

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/* A replacement function, for systems that lack strndup.
 
   Copyright (C) 1996-1998, 2001-2003, 2005-2007, 2009-2014 Free Software
   Foundation, Inc.
 
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
   Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
   later version.
 
   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.
 
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   along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
#include <config.h>
 
#include <string.h>
 
#include <stdlib.h>
 
char *
strndup (char const *s, size_t n)
{
  size_t len = strnlen (s, n);
  char *new = malloc (len + 1);
 
  if (new == NULL)
    return NULL;
 
  new[len] = '\0';
  return memcpy (new, s, len);
}