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+.\" $OpenBSD: strdup.3,v 1.12 2003/06/02 20:18:38 millert Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"     @(#)strdup.3    8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 9, 1993
+.Dt STRDUP 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm strdup
+.Nd save a copy of a string
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <string.h>
+.Ft char *
+.Fn strdup "const char *s"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn strdup
+function allocates sufficient memory for a copy of the string
+.Fa s ,
+does the copy, and returns a pointer to it.
+The pointer may subsequently be used as an argument to the function
+.Xr free 3 .
+.Pp
+If insufficient memory is available,
+.Dv NULL
+is returned.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following will point
+.Va p
+to an allocated area of memory containing the null-terminated string
+.Qq foobar :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+char *p;
+
+if ((p = strdup("foobar")) == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\en");
+        exit(1);
+}
+.Ed
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn strdup
+function may fail and set the external variable
+.Va errno
+for any of the errors specified for the library function
+.Xr malloc 3 .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr free 3 ,
+.Xr malloc 3 ,
+.Xr strcpy 3 ,
+.Xr strlcpy 3 ,
+.Xr strlen 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn strdup
+function first appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .