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+/*
+ * strlutil.h
+ * Provide strcpy, strlcat when not provided by ssystem
+ *
+ *  Created on: Mar 25, 2010
+ *      Author: koennecke
+ */
+
+#ifndef STRLUTIL_H_
+#define STRLUTIL_H_
+
+#ifndef strlcpy
+size_t strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz);
+size_t strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz);
+#endif
+
+
+#endif /* STRLUTIL_H_ */