1 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index 1e002d7..be2b347 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "path.h"
 
+#include "util.h"
+
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -25,16 +27,12 @@ int ecex_path_copy(char *out, size_t out_size, const char *text) {
 char *ecex_path_expand_user(const char *path) {
     if (!path) return NULL;
     if (path[0] != '~' || (path[1] != '\0' && path[1] != '/')) {
-        char *copy = malloc(strlen(path) + 1);
-        if (copy) strcpy(copy, path);
-        return copy;
+        return ecex_strdup(path);
     }
 
     const char *home = getenv("HOME");
     if (!home || !home[0]) {
-        char *copy = malloc(strlen(path) + 1);
-        if (copy) strcpy(copy, path);
-        return copy;
+        return ecex_strdup(path);
     }
 
     size_t home_len = strlen(home);
@@ -49,9 +47,7 @@ char *ecex_path_expand_user(const char *path) {
 char *ecex_path_join(const char *dir, const char *name) {
     if (!name) return NULL;
     if (name[0] == '/') {
-        char *copy = malloc(strlen(name) + 1);
-        if (copy) strcpy(copy, name);
-        return copy;
+        return ecex_strdup(name);
     }
     if (!dir || !dir[0]) dir = ".";
 
@@ -68,9 +64,7 @@ char *ecex_path_join(const char *dir, const char *name) {
 
 char *ecex_path_dirname(const char *path) {
     if (!path || !path[0]) {
-        char *dot = malloc(2);
-        if (dot) strcpy(dot, ".");
-        return dot;
+        return ecex_strdup(".");
     }
 
     char *expanded = ecex_path_expand_user(path);
@@ -98,9 +92,7 @@ char *ecex_path_basename_dup(const char *path) {
         else if (slash && slash == path) base = "/";
         else base = path;
     }
-    char *out = malloc(strlen(base) + 1);
-    if (out) strcpy(out, base);
-    return out;
+    return ecex_strdup(base);
 }
 
 char *ecex_path_normalize(const char *path) {