NAME¶

strdupa - string duplicate using-alloca

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#define _GNU_SOURCE  /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <string.h>

char *strdupa(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION¶

strdupa() is similar to strdup(3), but uses alloca(3) to allocate the buffer.

It is equivalent to

strcpy(alloca(strlen(s) + 1), s)

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, this macro returns a pointer to the duplicated string.

ATTRIBUTES¶

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

STANDARDS¶

GNU.

HISTORY¶

GNU.

CAVEATS¶

See alloca(3).

SEE ALSO¶

string(3), alloca(3), strdup(3)