strdupa3
String duplicate using-alloca
Usage
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <string.h>
char *strdupa(const char *s);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| strdupa() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Caveats
See alloca(3).
Releases
12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 11 times.