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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)memory.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt MEMORY 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm malloc ,
+.Nm free ,
+.Nm realloc ,
+.Nm calloc ,
+.Nm alloca ,
+.Nm mmap
+.Nd general memory allocation operations
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In stdlib.h
+.Ft void *
+.Fn malloc "size_t size"
+.Ft void
+.Fn free "void *ptr"
+.Ft void *
+.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
+.Ft void *
+.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize"
+.Ft void *
+.Fn alloca "size_t size"
+.In sys/types.h
+.In sys/mman.h
+.Ft void *
+.Fn mmap "void * addr" "size_t len" "int prot" "int flags" "int fd" "off_t offset"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.
+They are described in the
+individual manual pages.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mmap 2 ,
+.Xr alloca 3 ,
+.Xr calloc 3 ,
+.Xr free 3 ,
+.Xr malloc 3 ,
+.Xr realloc 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+These functions, with the exception of
+.Fn alloca
+and
+.Fn mmap
+conform to
+.St -isoC .