SDL_DuplicateSurface(3)

SDL_DuplicateSurface3

Creates a new surface identical to the existing surface.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Surface * SDL_DuplicateSurface(SDL_Surface *surface);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_surface.h

Overview

If the original surface has alternate images, the new surface will have a reference to them as well.

The returned surface should be freed with

SDL_DestroySurface ().

Function parameters

surface

the surface to duplicate.

Return value

( SDL_Surface
*) Returns a copy of the surface or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError () for more information.

Thread safety

This function is not thread safe.

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

From libsdl3-doc 3.2.10+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.