diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 6bb1e6a..bdf7e97 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "sh.h"
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/misc.c,v 1.19 2006/11/09 14:19:31 tg Exp $\t"
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/misc.c,v 1.20 2006/11/09 20:53:41 tg Exp $\t"
 	MKSH_SH_H_ID);
 
 short chtypes[UCHAR_MAX+1];	/* type bits for unsigned char */
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ str_nsave(const char *s, int n, Area *ap)
 	return (ns);
 }
 
+char *
+str_save(const char *s, Area *ap)
+{
+	return (str_nsave(s, s ? strlen(s) : 0, ap));
+}
+
 /* called from XcheckN() to grow buffer */
 char *
 Xcheck_grow_(XString *xsp, char *xp, unsigned more)
diff --git a/sh.h b/sh.h
index 0bc79b2..d0672cb 100644
--- a/sh.h
+++ b/sh.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /*	$OpenBSD: c_test.h,v 1.4 2004/12/20 11:34:26 otto Exp $	*/
 /*	$OpenBSD: tty.h,v 1.5 2004/12/20 11:34:26 otto Exp $	*/
 
-#define MKSH_SH_H_ID "$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/sh.h,v 1.59 2006/11/09 15:03:56 tg Exp $"
+#define MKSH_SH_H_ID "$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/sh.h,v 1.60 2006/11/09 20:53:42 tg Exp $"
 #define MKSH_VERSION "R29 2006/11/09"
 
 #if HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ struct tbl **ktsort(struct table *);
 void setctypes(const char *, int);
 void initctypes(void);
 char *ulton(unsigned long, int);
-#define str_save(s, a)	str_nsave((s), (s) ? strlen(s) : 0, a)
+char *str_save(const char *, Area *);
 char *str_nsave(const char *, int, Area *);
 int option(const char *);
 char *getoptions(void);