2 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/extlib.c b/src/extlib.c
index ee20d3e..151a74f 100644
--- a/src/extlib.c
+++ b/src/extlib.c
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 #undef malloc
 
 void
-free_secure(void *__ptr, size_t ptrlen)
+free_secure(void **__ptr, size_t ptrlen)
 {
-  memset (__ptr, 0, ptrlen);
-  free (__ptr);
+  memset (*__ptr, 0, ptrlen);
+  free (*__ptr);
+  *__ptr = NULL;
   return;
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,16 @@ malloc_secure (size_t len)
   return mem;
 }
 
+int
+memvcmp (void *str,
+	 char val,
+	 size_t n)
+{
+  char str2[n];
+  memset (str2, val, n);
+  return memcmp (str, str2, n);
+}
+
 void
 fcopy(FILE *f1, FILE *f2)
 {
@@ -54,5 +65,6 @@ fcopy(FILE *f1, FILE *f2)
       fprintf (stderr, "Failed to copy data");
       return;
     }
+    fflush (f2);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/extlib.h b/src/extlib.h
index 1948352..15903c3 100644
--- a/src/extlib.h
+++ b/src/extlib.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define malloc(x) error - use malloc_secure
 
 /// Automatically zero out a pointer before freeing it
-void free_secure (void *__ptr, size_t ptrlen);
+void free_secure (void **__ptr, size_t ptrlen);
 
 /// Automatically initialise the allocated memory with zeros
 void *malloc_secure (size_t len);
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ void *malloc_secure (size_t len);
 /// Copy the data of one filestream to another
 void fcopy(FILE *f1, FILE *f2);
 
+/// Compare the first n bytes of a memory area str to the value val.
+/// Returns 0 if the values the same, any other value if they are not the same.
+int memvcmp (void *str, char val, size_t n);
+
 /// Convert a string to lowercase
 char *strlwr(char *s);