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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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FreeBSD Sources for memory(3) functions OpenBSD sources for memory(3)
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