STRDUP(3)

NAME
strdup - save a copy of a string

SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
char *
strdup(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION
The strdup() function allocates sufficient memory for a copy of the string s, 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.

EXAMPLES
The following will point p to an allocated area of memory containing the NUL-terminated string "foobar":

    char *p;
    p = strdup("foobar");
    if (p == NULL) {
    	fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
    	exit(1);
    }

ERRORS
The strdup() function may fail and set the external variable errno for any of the errors specified for the library function malloc(3).

SEE ALSO
free(3), malloc(3), strcpy(3), strlcpy(3), strlen(3)

HISTORY
The strdup() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.