strndupa3
Nonstring duplicate-into-string using-alloca
Usage
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <string.h> // see memory.h(3head)
char *strndupa(size_t n; const char strn[n], size_t n);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
strndupa() is similar to strndup(3), but uses alloca(3) to allocate the buffer.
It is equivalent to
strncat(strcpy(alloca(n + 1), ""), strn, n)
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 |
| strndupa() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Releases
12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 11 times.