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+/* Setting environment variables, with out-of-memory checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2001-2002 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.  */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+/* Specification.  */
+#include "xsetenv.h"
+
+#include "setenv.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "exit.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
+
+#define _(str) gettext (str)
+
+
+/* Set NAME to VALUE in the environment.
+   If REPLACE is nonzero, overwrite an existing value.
+   With error checking.  */
+void
+xsetenv (const char *name, const char *value, int replace)
+{
+  if (setenv (name, value, replace) < 0)
+    error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
+}