man strndup () - duplicate part of a string
NAME
strndup - duplicate part of a string
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h> char *strndup(const char *str, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
strndup will make a duplicate of the n first characters of str, using malloc(3) to allocate memory for the duplicate. The caller is supposed to free the duplicate's memory when no longer needed.
RETURN VALUE
strndup will return a pointer to the duplicate, or NULL if no memory could be allocated.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)