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34.\" @(#)strdup.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
35.\"
36.Dd June 9, 1993
37.Dt STRDUP 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm strdup
41.Nd save a copy of a string
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <string.h>
44.Ft char *
45.Fn strdup "const char *s"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn strdup
49function allocates sufficient memory for a copy of the string
50.Fa s ,
51does the copy, and returns a pointer to it.
52The pointer may subsequently be used as an argument to the function
53.Xr free 3 .
54.Pp
55If insufficient memory is available,
56.Dv NULL
57is returned.
58.Sh EXAMPLES
59The following will point
60.Va p
61to an allocated area of memory containing the null-terminated string
62.Qq foobar :
63.Bd -literal -offset indent
64char *p;
65
66if ((p = strdup("foobar")) == NULL) {
67 fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\en");
68 exit(1);
69}
70.Ed
71.Sh ERRORS
72The
73.Fn strdup
74function may fail and set the external variable
75.Va errno
76for any of the errors specified for the library function
77.Xr malloc 3 .
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr free 3 ,
80.Xr malloc 3 ,
81.Xr strcpy 3 ,
82.Xr strlen 3
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Fn strdup
86function first appeared in
87.Bx 4.4 .