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+/* xmemdup.c -- Duplicate a memory buffer, using xcalloc.
+ This trivial function is in the public domain.
+ Jeff Garzik, September 1999. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+#include "ansidecl.h"
+#include "libiberty.h"
+
+#include <sys/types.h> /* For size_t. */
+
+PTR
+xmemdup (input, copy_size, alloc_size)
+ const PTR input;
+ size_t copy_size;
+ size_t alloc_size;
+{
+ PTR output = xcalloc (1, alloc_size);
+ memcpy (output, input, copy_size);
+ return output;
+}