• NAME
  
  wcsdup - duplicate a wide-character string
• SYNOPSIS
  

  
   #define _GNU_SOURCE
  
   #include <wchar.h>
  
   wchar_t *wcsdup(const wchar_t * s );
  

• DESCRIPTION
  
  The
  wcsdup ()
  function is the wide-character equivalent
  of the
  strdup(3)
  function.
  It allocates and returns a new wide-character string whose initial
  contents is a duplicate of the wide-character string pointed to by s.
  
  
  
  Memory for the new wide-character string is
  obtained with
  malloc(3) ,
  and should be freed with
  free(3) .
  
• RETURN VALUE
  
  The
  wcsdup ()
  function returns a pointer
  to the new wide-character string,
  or NULL if sufficient memory was not available.
  
• ERRORS
  

  ENOMEM

  Insufficient memory available to allocate duplicate string.
  

• CONFORMING TO
  
  POSIX.1-2008.
  This function is not specified in POSIX.1-2001,
  and is not widely available on other systems.
  
  
• SEE ALSO
  
  strdup(3) ,
  wcscpy(3) ,
  feature_test_macros(7)
  
• COLOPHON
  
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