WCSDUP(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		    WCSDUP(3)



NAME
       wcsdup - duplicate a wide-character string

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include 

       wchar_t *wcsdup(const wchar_t *s);

DESCRIPTION
       The wcsdup() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strdup(3)
       function.  It allocates and returns a new wide-character  string  whose
       initial contents is a duplicate of the wide-character string pointed to
       by s.

       Memory for the new wide-character string is  obtained  with  malloc(3),
       and should be freed with free(3).

RETURN VALUE
       The  wcsdup()  function	returns  a  pointer  to the new wide-character
       string, or NULL if sufficient memory was not available.

ERRORS
       ENOMEM Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate string.

CONFORMING TO
       This function is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO
       strdup(3), wcscpy(3), feature_test_macros(7)

COLOPHON
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       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU				  2003-11-01			     WCSDUP(3)