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diff --git a/sys/libc/malloc.c b/sys/libc/malloc.c
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/libc/malloc.c
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+/* Copyright(c) 1986 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc.
+*/
+
+#define import_spp
+#define	import_libc
+#define	import_xnames
+#include <iraf.h>
+
+
+/* MALLOC -- Allocate an uninitialized block of memory at least nbytes in size.
+*/
+char *
+malloc (
+  unsigned nbytes
+)
+{
+	XINT	x_nchars = (nbytes + sizeof(XCHAR)-1) / sizeof(XCHAR);
+	XINT	x_ptr, x_dtype = TY_CHAR;
+
+	iferr (MALLOC (&x_ptr, &x_nchars, &x_dtype))
+	    return (NULL);
+	else
+	    return ((char *)&Memc[x_ptr]);
+}