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+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright Marc Butler 2005.
+ * Marc Butler <marcbutler@acm.org>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public (LGPL)
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details: http://www.gnu.org/
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "ossupport.h"
+
+#ifdef __APPLE_CC__
+/**
+ * Synthesize strndup for MacOS X.
+ */
+char * strndup(const char *s, size_t len)
+{
+ char *copy = malloc(sizeof (char) * (len + 1));
+ strncpy(copy, s, len);
+ return copy;
+}
+#endif /* __APPLE_CC__ */