STRDUP

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NAME

strdup - save a copy of a string

SYNOPSIS

Fd #include <string.h> Ft char * Fn strdup const char *str

DESCRIPTION

The Fn strdup function allocates sufficient memory for a copy of the string Fa str , does the copy, and returns a pointer to it. The pointer may subsequently be used as an argument to the function free(3).

HISTORY

The Fn strdup function Ud .