2 Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
3 Samba utility functions
5 Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 1992-2001
6 Copyright (C) Simo Sorce 2001-2002
7 Copyright (C) Martin Pool 2003
8 Copyright (C) James Peach 2006
9 Copyright (C) Jeremy Allison 1992-2007
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27 /* this is used to prevent lots of mallocs of size 1 */
28 static const char null_string[] = "";
31 Set a string value, allocing the space for the string
34 static bool string_init(char **dest,const char *src)
44 *dest = discard_const_p(char, null_string);
46 (*dest) = SMB_STRDUP(src);
47 if ((*dest) == NULL) {
48 DEBUG(0,("Out of memory in string_init\n"));
59 void string_free(char **s)
63 if (*s == null_string)
69 Set a string value, deallocating any existing space, and allocing the space
73 bool string_set(char **dest,const char *src)
76 return(string_init(dest,src));