netbsd man page for memory

MEMORY(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						 MEMORY(3)

NAME
     malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca -- general memory allocation operations

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <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);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.	They are described in the individual manual pages.  The memory allocators
     used in the kernel are described in memoryallocators(9).

SEE ALSO
     alloca(3), calloc(3), free(3), malloc(3), realloc(3)

STANDARDS
     These functions, with the exception of alloca() conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').

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								September 11, 2011							       BSD