WCSDUP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2021-03-22
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NAME
wcsdup - duplicate a wide-character string
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wcsdup(const wchar_t *s);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
wcsdup():
Since glibc 2.10:
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
Before glibc 2.10:
_GNU_SOURCE
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
On success,
wcsdup()
returns a pointer to the new wide-character string.
On error, it returns NULL, with
errno
set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- ENOMEM
-
Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate string.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value
|
wcsdup()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2008.
This function is not specified in POSIX.1-2001,
and is not widely available on other systems.
SEE ALSO
strdup(3),
wcscpy(3)
COLOPHON
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Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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