NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca, mmap -- general memory allocation
     operations

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void *
     malloc(size_t size);

     void
     free(void *ptr);

     void *
     realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);

     void *
     calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);

     void *
     alloca(size_t size);

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/mman.h>

     void *
     mmap(void * addr, size_t len, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.	They
     are described in the individual manual pages.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     mmap(2), alloca(3), calloc(3), free(3), malloc(3), realloc(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     These functions, with the exception of alloca() and mmap() conform to
     ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'').


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 June 4, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1