/*
 *			a l l s t r . c
 */

/*)LIBRARY
*/

#ifdef DOCUMENTATION

title	allstr	Allocate a Copy of a String
index		allocate a Copy of a string

synopsis

	char *
	allstr(s)
	 char *s;	/* string to be duplicated */

description

	allstr() Allocates memory for a copy of the string s, and returns
	a pointer to the new string.

bugs

author

	Machiavelli Systems

#endif





char	*allstr(s)	/* allocate a copy of a string using zmalloc() */
char	*s;
{
	char	*wheritis;

	/* allocate enough memory for the string plus a null */
	wheritis = zmalloc(strlen(s)+1);

	/* put a copy of the string into the memory just allocated */
	strcpy(wheritis,s);

	/* the user needs to know where his new string is */
	return(wheritis);

}