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STRDUP(3)		   BSD Programmer's Manual		     STRDUP(3)

NAME
     strdup, strndup - save a copy of a string

SYNOPSIS
     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strdup(const char *s);

     #define _GNU_SOURCE
     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strndup(const char *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
     The strdup() function allocates sufficient memory for a copy of the
     string s, does the copy, and returns a pointer to it. The pointer may
     subsequently be used as an argument to the function free(3). The
     strndup() function copies at most n characters from the source string be-
     fore appending a NUL byte.

     If insufficient memory is available, NULL is returned.

EXAMPLES
     The following will point p to an allocated area of memory containing the
     NUL-terminated string "foobar":

	   char *p;

	   if ((p = strdup("foobar")) == NULL) {
		   fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
		   exit(1);
	   }

ERRORS
     The strdup() function may fail and set the external variable errno for
     any of the errors specified for the library function malloc(3).

SEE ALSO
     free(3), malloc(3), strcpy(3), strlcpy(3), strlen(3)

HISTORY
     The strdup() function first appeared in 4.4BSD. The strndup() function is
     a GNU extension and first appeared in MirOS #10.

MirOS BSD #10-current		June 16, 2007				     1
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