1 /* savestring.c */ 2 3 /* Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 4 5 This file is part of the GNU Readline Library, a library for 6 reading lines of text with interactive input and history editing. 7 8 The GNU Readline Library is free software; you can redistribute it 9 and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 10 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or 11 (at your option) any later version. 12 13 The GNU Readline Library is distributed in the hope that it will be 14 useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 15 of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16 GNU General Public License for more details. 17 18 The GNU General Public License is often shipped with GNU software, and 19 is generally kept in a file called COPYING or LICENSE. If you do not 20 have a copy of the license, write to the Free Software Foundation, 21 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA. */ 22 23 #include <config.h> 24 #include <stdio.h> 25 #include <stdlib.h> 26 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H 27 # include <string.h> 28 #endif 29 30 /* Backwards compatibility, now that savestring has been removed from 31 all `public' readline header files. */ 32 char * 33 savestring (s) 34 const char *s; 35 { 36 char * cp; 37 cp = strdup(s); 38 if (cp == NULL) { 39 fprintf (stderr, "savestring: out of virtual memory\n"); 40 exit (2); 41 } 42 return(cp); 43 } 44