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[ANSI C X3.159-1989]

MEMORY(3)                 OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                MEMORY(3)

NAME
     malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca - general memory allocation opera-
     tions



SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     void *
     malloc(size_t size);

     void
     free(void *ptr);

     void *
     realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);

     void *
     calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);

     void *
     alloca(size_t size);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.  They
     are described in the individual manual pages.

SEE ALSO
     alloca(3),  calloc(3),  free(3),  malloc(3),  realloc(3)

STANDARDS
     These functions, with the exception of alloca() conform to ANSI
     X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

OpenBSD 2.6                       May 2, 1991                                1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.



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[Detailed Topics]
FreeBSD Sources for memory(3) functions
OpenBSD sources for memory(3)


[Overview Topics]

Up to: Memory blocks (Sometimes called "Byte Strings") - Memory blocks. Allocated, shared, mmaped, kernel et al


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