static char rcsid[] = "$Id: savestr.c,v 1.1 1992/09/06 19:31:32 mike Exp $";

/* $Log: savestr.c,v $
 * Revision 1.1  1992/09/06  19:31:32  mike
 * Initial revision
 *
 */

/* savestr.c:  Save a string by malloc()ing space and coping the string.
 * Returns a pointer to the malloc()ed string.
 * This is a "black box" copy of a routine in Microsoft C.
 * C Durland	Public Domain
 */

#include "const.h"

char *savestr(str) char *str;	/* malloc str and save it */
{
  char *ptr, *malloc(), *strcpy();

  if ((ptr = malloc(strlen(str)+1)) == NULL) return NULL;
  return strcpy(ptr,str);
}