freechain (3)

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NAME

freechain - free a chain_list

SYNOPSYS

#include "mut.h"
void freechain(pt)
chain_list *pt;

PARAMETER

pt

Pointer to the chain list to be freed

DESCRIPTION

freechain frees the chain_list pointed to by pt. All the elements of the list are put back in the list of free blocks.

EXAMPLE

#include "mut.h"
void free_from(c, i) /* erase list from ith element */
chain_list *c;
int i;
{
chain_list *t;
   while (i--)
      c = c->NEXT;
   t = c->NEXT, c->NEXT = NULL;
   freechain(t);
}

SEE ALSO

mbk(1), chain(3), addchain(3), delchain(3).

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