strdup()

NAME

strdup() - save a copy of a string

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>


char * strdup (const char *str)

DESCRIPTION

The strdup(3) 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

malloc(3)

free(3)