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)