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| 20 | .TH STRDUP 3 "June 22, 1990" |
| 21 | .UC 7 |
| 22 | .SH NAME |
| 23 | strdup \- save a copy of a string |
| 24 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 25 | .nf |
| 26 | .ft B |
| 27 | #include <string.h> |
| 28 | |
| 29 | char * |
| 30 | strdup(const char *str); |
| 31 | .ft R |
| 32 | .fi |
| 33 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 34 | .I Strdup |
| 35 | allocates sufficient memory for a copy of the string |
| 36 | .IR str , |
| 37 | does the copy, and returns a pointer to it. |
| 38 | The pointer may subsequently be used as an argument to the function |
| 39 | .IR free (3). |
| 40 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 41 | malloc(3) |