Function

Vipsstrdup

Declaration [src]

char*
vips_strdup (
  VipsObject* object,
  const char* str
)

Description [src]

g_strdup() a string. When object is freed, the string will be freed for you. If object is NULL, you need to free the memory yourself with g_free().

This function cannot fail.

::: seealso vips_malloc().

Parameters

`object`	`VipsObject`
	Allocate memory local to this `VipsObject`, or `NULL`
	The argument can be `NULL`.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`str`	`const char*`
	String to copy.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Returns:	`utf8`
	A pointer to the allocated memory.
	The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
	The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.