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+/*
+ * Allocate a duplicate of an ordinary C NUL-terminated string.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "defs.h"
+#include "misc.h"
+
+char *dupstr(const char *s)
+{
+    char *p = NULL;
+    if (s) {
+        int len = strlen(s);
+        p = snewn(len + 1, char);
+        strcpy(p, s);
+    }
+    return p;
+}