1.\" $NetBSD: memory.3,v 1.10 2003/08/07 16:43:42 agc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" from: @(#)memory.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 31.\" 32.Dd June 4, 1993 33.Dt MEMORY 3 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm malloc , 37.Nm free , 38.Nm realloc , 39.Nm calloc , 40.Nm alloca 41.Nd general memory allocation operations 42.Sh LIBRARY 43.Lb libc 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.In stdlib.h 46.Ft void * 47.Fn malloc "size_t size" 48.Ft void 49.Fn free "void *ptr" 50.Ft void * 51.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size" 52.Ft void * 53.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize" 54.Ft void * 55.Fn alloca "size_t size" 56.Sh DESCRIPTION 57These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process. 58They are described in the 59individual manual pages. 60.Sh SEE ALSO 61.Xr alloca 3 , 62.Xr calloc 3 , 63.Xr free 3 , 64.Xr malloc 3 , 65.Xr realloc 3 66.Sh STANDARDS 67These functions, with the exception of 68.Fn alloca 69conform to 70.St -ansiC . 71