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STRDUP
!!!STRDUP
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


strdup, strndup - duplicate a string
!!SYNOPSIS


__#include
__''s''__);
char *strndup(const char *__''s''__, size_t__ ''size''__);
__
!!DESCRIPTION


The __strdup()__ function returns a pointer to a new
string which is a duplicate of the string ''s''. Memory
for the new string is obtained with malloc(3), and
can be freed with free(3).


The __strndup()__ works like __strdup()__ but it only
copies the first ''size'' bytes. It always add a NUL
terminator, unlike strncpy(3).
!!RETURN VALUE


These functions returns a pointer to the duplicated string,
or NULL if insufficient memory was available.
!!ERRORS


__ENOMEM__


Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate
string.
!!CONFORMING TO


SVID 3, BSD 4.3


__strndup()__ is a GNU extension.
!!SEE ALSO


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