wcsdup (3)
NAME
wcsdup - duplicate a wide-character stringSYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> wchar_t *wcsdup(const wchar_t *s);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
wcsdup():
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- Since glibc 2.10:
- _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700 || _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 -1, with errno set to indicate the cause of the error.ERRORS
- ENOMEM
- Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate string.
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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