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NAME

       strndup - duplicate part of a string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <publib.h>
       char *strndup(const char *str, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       strndup  will  make  a duplicate of the n first characters of str, using malloc(3) to allocate memory for
       the duplicate.  The caller is supposed to free the duplicate's memory when no longer needed.

RETURN VALUE

       strndup will return a pointer to the duplicate, or NULL if no memory could be allocated.

SEE ALSO

       publib(3), strdup(3)

AUTHOR

       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)