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firestring_strdup(3)  DragonFly Library Functions Manual  firestring_strdup(3)

NAME
       firestring_strdup - strdup(3) with internal result checking

SYNOPSIS
       #include <firestring.h>
       -lfirestring

       char *firestring_strdup(const char * const input)

DESCRIPTION
       firestring_strdup() acts exactly like strdup(3) except that it detects
       malloc failures, prints an error and exit(3) with exit status
       EXIT_FAILURE.  In most programs, malloc failures are unrecoverable, and
       this is the preferred behaviour.

RETURN VALUE
       If firestring_strdup() returns, it always returns a copy of the string
       input.  It never returns NULL.

AUTHOR
       Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO
       libfirestring(3)

                                  2002-03-31              firestring_strdup(3)