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+/* Author: Mark Moraes <moraes@csri.toronto.edu> */
+
+/*LINTLIBRARY*/
+
+#include "defs.h"
+
+RCSID("$Id: strsave.c,v 1.1 1994/03/06 22:59:55 nate Exp $")
+
+/*
+ * makes a copy of a null terminated string in malloc'ed storage. Dies
+ * if enough memory isn't available or there is a malloc error
+ */
+char *
+strsave(s)
+const char *s;
+{
+ if (s)
+ return(strcpy(emalloc((size_t) (strlen(s)+1)),s));
+ else
+ return((char *) NULL);
+}