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Man Page: xpermalloc

Operating Environment: hpux

Section: 3

Xpermalloc()															      Xpermalloc()

Name
  Xpermalloc - allocate memory never to be freed.

Synopsis
  char *Xpermalloc(size)
	  unsigned int size;

Arguments
  size	    Specifies the size in bytes of the space to be allocated.  This specification is rounded to the nearest 4-byte boundary.

Returns
  A pointer to the allocated memory.

Description
  Xpermalloc()	allocates  some  memory  that will not be freed until the process exits.  Xpermalloc is used by some toolkits for permanently
  allocated storage and allows some performance and space savings over the completely general memory allocator.

Xlib - Resource Manager 													      Xpermalloc()
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