NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca - general memory allocation operations

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void *
     malloc(size_t size);

     void
     free(void *ptr);

     void *
     realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);

     void *
     calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);

     void *
     alloca(size_t size);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     alloca(3), calloc(3), free(3), malloc(3), realloc(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     These functions, with the exception of alloca() conform to ANSI
     X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD