strdup() function

Question

I recently became aware that the strdup() function I\'ve enjoyed using so much on OS X is not part of ANSI C, but part of POSIX. I don\'t want to rewrite all my

Answer 1

If anyone else reads this: Don't use a platform's strdup() even if available, and don't waste time/effort with autoconf/automake just to use it. Seriously, how hard is this:

char* mystrdup(const char* str)
{
 return strcpy(malloc( strlen(str) + 1),str);
}

Does this really warrant #ifdefs? Compiler checks? K.I.S.S.