NAME

       firestring_estr_alloc - allocate space for an estring

SYNOPSIS

       #include <firestring.h>
       -lfirestring

       void firestring_estr_alloc(struct firestring_estr_t *estring, int size)

DESCRIPTION

       firestring_estr_alloc()  uses  firestring_malloc(3) to allocate size bytes in estring.  It
       resets the length of estring to 0 and stores the size with the string to  facilitate  safe
       operations later.

RETURN VALUE

       None.

AUTHOR

       Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

       libfirestring(3)

                                            2002-06-10                   firestring_estr_alloc(3)