MEMORY

Section: C Library Functions (3)
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BSD mandoc
BSD 4

NAME

malloc free realloc calloc alloca - general memory allocation operations

SYNOPSIS

Fd #include <stdlib.h> Ft void * Fn malloc size_t size Ft void Fn free void *ptr Ft void * Fn realloc void *ptr size_t size Ft void * Fn calloc size_t nelem size_t elsize Ft void * Fn alloca size_t size

DESCRIPTION

These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process. They are described in the individual manual pages.

STANDARDS

These functions, with the exception of Fn alloca conform to St -ansiC .