From e39e0026d100e99aa487c7491146222ff922a7c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Romaniello <66272872+aromanielloNTIA@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:10:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Improve safety of return status function

---
 src/ReturnCodes.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ReturnCodes.cpp b/src/ReturnCodes.cpp
index c1a3590..4f02c47 100644
--- a/src/ReturnCodes.cpp
+++ b/src/ReturnCodes.cpp
@@ -56,9 +56,13 @@ std::string GetReturnStatus(int code) {
  * @return          A status message corresponding to the input code.
  ******************************************************************************/
 char *GetReturnStatusCharArray(const int code) {
-    std::string msg = GetReturnStatus(code);
+    const std::string msg = GetReturnStatus(code);
     char *c_msg = new char[msg.size() + 1];
+#ifdef _WIN32
     strcpy_s(c_msg, msg.size() + 1, msg.c_str());
+#else
+    strcpy(c_msg, msg.c_str());
+#endif
     return c_msg;
 }