add a string duplicating function into the game module

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/game/g_local.h b/src/game/g_local.h
index 17492166..047aa4c1 100644
--- a/src/game/g_local.h
+++ b/src/game/g_local.h
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ gentity_t   *G_TempEntity( vec3_t origin, int event );
 void        G_Sound( gentity_t *ent, int channel, int soundIndex );
 void        G_FreeEntity( gentity_t *e );
 qboolean    G_EntitiesFree( void );
+char        *G_CopyString( const char *str );
 
 void        G_TouchTriggers( gentity_t *ent );
 
diff --git a/src/game/g_utils.c b/src/game/g_utils.c
index 3a4bd3f4..c11df5ba 100644
--- a/src/game/g_utils.c
+++ b/src/game/g_utils.c
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ qboolean G_EntitiesFree( void )
 }
 
 
+char *G_CopyString( const char *str )
+{
+  size_t size = strlen( str ) + 1;
+  char *cp = BG_Alloc( size );
+  memcpy( cp, str, size );
+  return cp;
+}
+
+
 /*
 =================
 G_FreeEntity