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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Assar Westerlund
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\"
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd June 17, 2001
+.Os
+.Dt EMALLOC 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm emalloc , ecalloc , erealloc , estrdup
+.Nd non-failing memory allocation functions
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libutil
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <libutil.h>
+.Ft void *
+.Fn emalloc "size_t size"
+.Ft void *
+.Fn ecalloc "size_t number" "size_t size"
+.Ft void *
+.Fn erealloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
+.Ft char *
+.Fn estrdup "const char *str"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+These functions work as
+.Fn malloc ,
+.Fn calloc ,
+.Fn realloc ,
+and
+.Fn strdup ,
+except that they never return
+.Dv NULL ,
+but instead call
+.Fn errx
+to abort the program if memory allocation fails.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr malloc 3 ,
+.Xr calloc 3 ,
+.Xr realloc 3 ,
+.Xr strdup 3 ,
+.Xr errx 3
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