NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strdup - save a copy of a string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strdup(const char *str);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     If insufficient memory is available, NULL is returned.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     free(3), malloc(3), strcpy(3), strlen(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strdup() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD                              June 9, 1993                              BSD