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+/* Duplicate a bounded initial segment of a string, with out-of-memory
+ checking.
+ Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2007, 2009-2020 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 3 of the License, 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, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification. */
+#include "xstrndup.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+/* Return a newly allocated copy of at most N bytes of STRING.
+ In other words, return a copy of the initial segment of length N of
+ STRING. */
+char *
+xstrndup (const char *string, size_t n)
+{
+ char *s = strndup (string, n);
+ if (! s)
+ xalloc_die ();
+ return s;
+}