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3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt MEMORY 3
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm malloc ,
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm free ,
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm realloc ,
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm calloc ,
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm alloca
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd general memory allocation operations
4525bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
4625bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn malloc "size_t size"
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn free "void *ptr"
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize"
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn alloca "size_t size"
5958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
6058f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThese functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.
6158f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThey are described in the
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimesindividual manual pages.
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6413608f66SWolfram Schneider.Xr alloca 3 ,
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr calloc 3 ,
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr free 3 ,
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr malloc 3 ,
6813608f66SWolfram Schneider.Xr realloc 3
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
7058f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThese functions, with the exception of
7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn alloca
7258f0484fSRodney W. Grimesconform to
7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.St -ansiC .
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