+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Function : strdup_or_die
+ *
+ * Description : strdup wrapper that either succeeds or causes
+ * program termination.
+ *
+ * Useful in situations were the string length is
+ * "small" and strdup() failures couldn't be handled
+ * better anyway. In case of debug builds, failures
+ * trigger an assert().
+ *
+ * Parameters :
+ * 1 : str = String to duplicate
+ *
+ * Returns : Pointer to newly strdup'd copy of the string.
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+char *strdup_or_die(const char *str)
+{
+ char *new_str;
+
+ new_str = strdup(str);
+
+ if (new_str == NULL)
+ {
+ assert(new_str != NULL);
+ log_error(LOG_LEVEL_FATAL, "Out of memory in strdup_or_die().");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ return(new_str);
+
+}
+
+