Difference between strdup() and strcpy()

List out differences between strdup() and strcpy()

The function strcpy() will not allocate the memory space to copy. A pointer to the string to copy and a pointer to place to copy it to should be given.

The function strdup() will occupy / grab itself the memory space for copying the string to. This memory space needs to be freed up later when it is of no use anymore.
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Another difference between strcpy and strdup is that strcpy is standard C and strdup is a POSIX extention. Virtually all environments have strdup though.
Martijn Lievaart 10-17-2014

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