autallocblock(3) - Linux man page

Name

autallocblock - memory allocator

#include "aut101.h"
char *autallocblock( Size )
   unsigned int Size;

Size
Number of memory bytes to be contiguously allocated
Description

autallocblock returns a block of Size bytes length. The memory block is set to zero.

autallocblock returns a pointer to a Size bytes long block.

"autalloc: alloc error, can't continue !"

System break can't be moved anymore, no more memory can be retrieved from the system.

#include "aut101.h"
char ∗dup_str(s)
  char ∗ s;
{
  char ∗t = (char ∗)autalocblock(strlen(s) + (unsigned int)1);
  strcpy(t, s); return t;
}