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gd_free_entry_strings(3)					      GETDATA						  gd_free_entry_strings(3)

NAME
       gd_free_entry_strings -- free strings in a GetData gd_entry_t object

SYNOPSIS
       #include <getdata.h>

       gd_entry_t *gd_free_entry_strings(gd_entry_t *entry);

DESCRIPTION
       The  gd_free_entry_strings() function frees the character strings found in the gd_entry_t object entry which were previously allocated by a
       call to gd_entry(3).  If entry is NULL, this function does nothing.

       If non-NULL, entry must point to a valid and properly initialised gd_entry_t object, such as that returned by gd_entry(3).   As	well,  the
       caller  may  construct a properly initialised gd_entry_t object by first setting all bits to zero, then setting the field_type parameter to
       the desired gd_entype_t symbol, and finally initialising only the members defined for that type.  The results of calling this function  are
       undefined  if  the character strings pointed to by the string members of entry have not been allocated with malloc(3), unless these pointer
       members are equal to NULL.

       See gd_entry(3) for a complete description of the gd_entry_t data type.

RETURN VALUE
       A call to gd_free_entry_strings() always returns its input, entry.

NOTES
       This function is provided as a convenience only.  Callers may free strings allocated by gd_entry(3) themselves by simply calling free(3) on
       the appropriate members for the given entry type, if they prefer to do so.

SEE ALSO
       gd_entry(3), free(3)

Version 0.7.0							   16 June 2010 					  gd_free_entry_strings(3)