NAME malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca, mmap - general memory allocation operations CONTENTS Library Synopsis Description See Also Standards LIBRARY .Lb libc SYNOPSIS .In 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" .In sys/types.h .In sys/mman.h void * mmap "void * addr" "size_t len" "int prot" "int flags" "int fd" "off_t offset" DESCRIPTION These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process. They are described in the individual manual pages. SEE ALSO mmap(2), alloca(3), calloc(3), free(3), malloc(3), realloc(3) STANDARDS
