STRDUP(3)

NAME
strdup - save a copy of a string

LIBRARY
libc

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

DESCRIPTION
The strdup() 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
free(3), malloc(3)

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