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+/* A wrapper around xstrndup.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2003 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. */
+
+/* Written by Jim Meyering. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+char *strndup (char const *, size_t);
+
+char *
+xstrndup (char const *s, size_t n)
+{
+ char *new = strndup (s, n);
+ if (new == NULL)
+ xalloc_die ();
+ return (char *) new;
+}