2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c
index 08d4cb93a6..3adf741870 100644
--- a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c
+++ b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c
@@ -918,6 +918,28 @@ char *talloc_strdup(const void *t, const char *p)
 }
 
 /*
+ append to a talloced string 
+*/
+char *talloc_append_string(const void *t, char *orig, const char *append)
+{
+	char *ret;
+	size_t olen = strlen(orig);
+	size_t alenz = strlen(append) + 1;
+
+	if (!append)
+		return orig;
+
+	ret = talloc_realloc(t, orig, char, olen + alenz);
+	if (!ret)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* append the string with the trailing \0 */
+	memcpy(&ret[olen], append, alenz);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
   strndup with a talloc 
 */
 char *talloc_strndup(const void *t, const char *p, size_t n)
diff --git a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h
index 04d5cbb9af..d68510abef 100644
--- a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h
+++ b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ void *_talloc_zero(const void *ctx, size_t size, const char *name);
 void *_talloc_memdup(const void *t, const void *p, size_t size, const char *name);
 char *talloc_strdup(const void *t, const char *p);
 char *talloc_strndup(const void *t, const char *p, size_t n);
+char *talloc_append_string(const void *t, char *orig, const char *append);
 char *talloc_vasprintf(const void *t, const char *fmt, va_list ap) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(2,0);
 char *talloc_asprintf(const void *t, const char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(2,3);
 char *talloc_asprintf_append(char *s,