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Re: char strcat(), strcpy(), *fgets();

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1988 11:56

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In article <2030@pt.cs.cmu.edu> jgm@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu (John Myers) writes:
>#define SAVESTR(s) (strcpy(malloc(strlen(s)+1),(s)))

Most of us call this function strdup(), and we test for NULL before
proceeding (since malloc() can fail).

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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: char *strcat(), *strcpy(), *fgets();
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Date: 24 Jun 88 11:56:55 GMT
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