Add libString.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libString/s_copy.c b/src/libString/s_copy.c
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+++ b/src/libString/s_copy.c
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+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+#include "libString.h"
+
+
+/* return a String containing a copy of the passed char array */
+extern String*
+s_copy(char *cp)
+{
+	String *sp;
+	int len;
+
+	len = strlen(cp)+1;
+	sp = s_newalloc(len);
+	setmalloctag(sp, getcallerpc(&cp));
+	strcpy(sp->base, cp);
+	sp->ptr = sp->base + len - 1;		/* point to 0 terminator */
+	return sp;
+}