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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-09-13 22:01:20 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-09-13 22:01:20 +0000
commitdce9582d2ca06a6c50165014b21d95654541e8da (patch)
treea44364d0664dbc9f44ba1ed449b6e1fe9c1a7808 /lib/xstrndup.h
parent2be39af412edc53d4ef09097949550697c270173 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-dce9582d2ca06a6c50165014b21d95654541e8da.tar.xz
Update from gnulib.
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diff --git a/lib/xstrndup.h b/lib/xstrndup.h
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--- a/lib/xstrndup.h
+++ b/lib/xstrndup.h
@@ -1,2 +1,24 @@
+/* Duplicate a bounded initial segment of a string, with out-of-memory
+ checking.
+ Copyright (C) 2003 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 2, 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.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
#include <stddef.h>
-char *xstrndup (char const *s, size_t n);
+
+/* Return a newly allocated copy of at most N bytes of STRING.
+ In other words, return a copy of the initial segment of length N of
+ STRING. */
+extern char *xstrndup (const char *string, size_t n);