Dan Merillat wrote:
>
> Juliano Ravasi Ferraz writes:
>
> > char arg2[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH]; /* at beginning of the function */
> > strcpy(arg2, arg);
> > look_at_target(ch, arg2);
> >
> > That is an frustrated attempt to enhance this old idea. Living and
> > learning... Excuse-me for my error, and thanks to all for this warning.
>
> If your libc has it, try strdupa() rather then strdup... it's automatically
> free()'d when your function returns, and is cheaper (cpu-wise) then malloc
> (which strdup() uses).
>
> It's fairly common now, at least in unix. (most muds are running on
> freebie/linux systems, and they both have it.)
What is your version of libc? I have GNU libc 2.1.1 and it does not have
this func.
Thanks.
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