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                     20: .TH STRDUP 3 "June 22, 1990"
                     21: .UC 7
                     22: .SH NAME
                     23: strdup \- save a copy of a string
                     24: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     25: .nf
                     26: .ft B
                     27: #include <string.h>
                     28: 
                     29: char *
                     30: strdup(const char *str);
                     31: .ft R
                     32: .fi
                     33: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     34: .I Strdup
                     35: allocates sufficient memory for a copy of the string
                     36: .IR str ,
                     37: does the copy, and returns a pointer to it.
                     38: The pointer may subsequently be used as an argument to the function
                     39: .IR free (3).
                     40: .SH SEE ALSO
                     41: malloc(3)

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