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#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define CALL(f) assert(0==(f))
#define PCALL(f) assert(NULL!=(f))
#define BUFFER_SIZE 256

//this program copies dir1/filename to dir2/filename

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char* create_string_buffer(unsigned number_of_strings, unsigned max_string_length)
{
    return (char*) malloc(number_of_strings*max_string_length);
}

void copy_string_into_buffer(char* buffer, unsigned index, unsigned max_string_length, char* string)
{
    strncpy(buffer + (max_string_length*index), string, max_string_length);
}