.\" (C) 2002 Ian Gulliver
.TH firestring_estr_alloc 3 2002-06-10
.SH NAME
firestring_estr_alloc \-
allocate space for an estring
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <firestring.h>
.br
.B -lfirestring
.LP
.BI "void firestring_estr_alloc(struct firestring_estr_t *" "estring" ", int " "size" ")"
.SH DESCRIPTION
firestring_estr_alloc() uses
.BR firestring_malloc (3)
to allocate 
.I size
bytes in
.IR estring .
It resets the length of
.I estring
to 0 and stores the size with the string to facilitate safe operations later.
.SH RETURN VALUE
None.
.SH AUTHOR
Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libfirestring (3)