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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
index 70b715a..bee6262 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ get_option(int argc, const char **argv, const char *opts, const struct long_opti
/* long command line option */
int i;
const char ch = '=';
- char * arg = &argv[opt_ind][2];
+ char * arg = HDstrdup(&argv[opt_ind][2]);
size_t arg_len = 0;
opt_arg = strchr(&argv[opt_ind][2], ch);
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ get_option(int argc, const char **argv, const char *opts, const struct long_opti
opt_ind++;
sp = 1;
+
+ HDfree(arg);
}
else {
register char *cp; /* pointer into current token */