STRDUP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: April 12, 1993
NAME
strdup - duplicate a string
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
char *strdup(const char *s);
DESCRIPTION
The strdup() function returns a pointer to a new string which
is a duplicate of the string s. Memory for the new string is
obtained with malloc(3), and can be freed with free(3).
RETURN VALUE
The strdup() function returns a pointer to the duplicated
string, or NULL if insufficient memory was available.
ERRORS
- ENOMEM
-
Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate string.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
calloc(3), malloc(3), realloc(3), free(3)