Reference

autallocblock(3)

memory allocator

NAME

autallocblock - memory allocator

SYNOPSYS

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

PARAMETERS

Size

Number of memory bytes to be contiguously allocated

autallocblock returns a block of Size bytes length.

DESCRIPTION

The memory block is set to zero.

RETURN VALUE

autallocblock returns a pointer to a Size bytes long block.

ERRORS

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

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

EXAMPLE

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

SEE ALSO

aut(1), autresizeblock(3), autallocheap(3), autfreeblock(3), autfreeheap(3).