Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 19:37:54 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Daniel Hemmerich <dan@BSDpro.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding a new function to libc Message-ID: <20010512193754.A47253@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <01051202104500.95296@blackhole.BSDpro.com>; from dan@BSDpro.com on Sat, May 12, 2001 at 02:10:45AM -0400 References: <01051202104500.95296@blackhole.BSDpro.com>
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On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 02:10:45AM -0400, Daniel Hemmerich wrote:
> Any comments, suggestions, swears concerning adding a new function,=20
> strndup(), to libc?
>=20
> So that instead of permitting it to attempt to allocate a large chunk of=
=20
> memory, it is possible to give it a max length.
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
char *p;
asprintf(&p, "%.*s", 100, argv[1]);
printf("%s %d\n", p, strlen(p));
}
Kris
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