Novice question about malloc and pointers

[John F. Woods]

scs at adam.mit.edu (Steve Summit) writes:
>In article <3182 at ksr.com> jfw at ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes:
>>			/* Treasure the line in a copy */
>>			if ((str[i] = malloc(strlen(buf))) == NULL) {
>Make that malloc(strlen(buf) + 1).  (Side note: never tangle your
>fingers and type malloc(strlen(buf + 1)), either.)

Oops.

Consider that another reason to use strdup() if you've got it.

Assuming the library writer didn't screw up, too.	:-)