Hi Bo! :-)

 BS> char* strdup(char* text)
 BS> {
 BS>         char* tmptext = NULL;

 BS>         if(text) /* if text is not NULL */
 BS>         {
 BS>                 tmptext = malloc(strlen(text)+1); 
 BS>                 /* allokate the lenght of text and 1 extra char for 
 BS> the 
 BS>                    string NULL termination */
 BS>                 strcpy(tmptext, text);
 BS>         }

 BS>         return tmptext;
 BS> }
Keep care that your strings are always 0-terminated, otherwise this
will run off the end of the string in strlen().

Ciao
Pascal

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