1STRDUP(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 STRDUP(3)
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NAME

6       strdup, strndup, strdupa, strndupa - duplicate a string
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <string.h>
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11       char *strdup(const char *s);
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13       char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n);
14       char *strdupa(const char *s);
15       char *strndupa(const char *s, size_t n);
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17   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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19       strdup():
20           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
21               || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
22               || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
23       strndup():
24           Since glibc 2.10:
25               _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
26           Before glibc 2.10:
27               _GNU_SOURCE
28       strdupa(), strndupa(): _GNU_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

31       The  strdup()  function  returns  a  pointer to a new string which is a
32       duplicate of the string s.  Memory for the new string is obtained  with
33       malloc(3), and can be freed with free(3).
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35       The strndup() function is similar, but copies at most n bytes.  If s is
36       longer than n, only n bytes are copied, and  a  terminating  null  byte
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39       strdupa() and strndupa() are similar, but use alloca(3) to allocate the
40       buffer.  They are available only when using the GNU GCC suite, and suf‐
41       fer from the same limitations described in alloca(3).
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RETURN VALUE

44       On  success,  the strdup() function returns a pointer to the duplicated
45       string.  It returns NULL if insufficient  memory  was  available,  with
46       errno set to indicate the cause of the error.
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ERRORS

49       ENOMEM Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate string.
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ATTRIBUTES

52       For   an   explanation   of   the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see
53       attributes(7).
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55       ┌────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
56       │Interface                       │ Attribute     │ Value   │
57       ├────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
58       │strdup(), strndup(), strdupa(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
59       │strndupa()                      │               │         │
60       └────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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CONFORMING TO

63       strdup() conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.  strndup() conforms to
64       POSIX.1-2008.  strdupa() and strndupa() are GNU extensions.
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SEE ALSO

67       alloca(3),  calloc(3),  free(3), malloc(3), realloc(3), string(3), wcs‐
68       dup(3)
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COLOPHON

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