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+/* strdup.c -- return a newly allocated copy of a string
+   Copyright (C) 1990 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#else
+char *malloc ();
+char *strcpy ();
+#endif
+
+#if !__STDC__
+#define const
+#endif
+
+/* Return a newly allocated copy of STR,
+   or 0 if out of memory. */
+
+char *
+strdup (str)
+     const char *str;
+{
+  char *newstr;
+
+  newstr = (char *) malloc (strlen (str) + 1);
+  if (newstr)
+    strcpy (newstr, str);
+  return newstr;
+}