/* savestring.c  */

/* Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This file is part of the GNU Readline Library, a library for
   reading lines of text with interactive input and history editing.

   The GNU Readline Library 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.

   The GNU Readline Library 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.

   The GNU General Public License is often shipped with GNU software, and
   is generally kept in a file called COPYING or LICENSE.  If you do not
   have a copy of the license, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA. */

#include <config.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
#  include <string.h>
#endif

/* Backwards compatibility, now that savestring has been removed from
   all `public' readline header files. */
char *
savestring (s)
     const char *s;
{
	char * cp;
	cp = strdup(s);
	if (cp == NULL) {
		fprintf (stderr, "savestring: out of virtual memory\n"); 
		exit (2);
	}
	return(cp);
}