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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved 
+.TH "MALLOC" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
+.\" malloc 
+.SH NAME
+malloc \- a memory allocator
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+\fB#include <stdlib.h>
+.br
+.sp
+void *malloc(size_t\fP \fIsize\fP\fB);
+.br
+\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+The \fImalloc\fP() function shall allocate unused space for an object
+whose size in bytes is specified by \fIsize\fP and whose
+value is unspecified.
+.LP
+The order and contiguity of storage allocated by successive calls
+to \fImalloc\fP() is unspecified. The pointer returned if the
+allocation succeeds shall be suitably aligned so that it may be assigned
+to a pointer to any type of object and then used to access
+such an object in the space allocated (until the space is explicitly
+freed or reallocated). Each such allocation shall yield a
+pointer to an object disjoint from any other object. The pointer returned
+points to the start (lowest byte address) of the
+allocated space. If the space cannot be allocated, a null pointer
+shall be returned. If the size of the space requested is 0, the
+behavior is implementation-defined: the value returned shall be either
+a null pointer or a unique pointer.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.LP
+Upon successful completion with \fIsize\fP not equal to 0, \fImalloc\fP()
+shall return a pointer to the allocated space. If
+\fIsize\fP is 0, either a null pointer or a unique pointer that can
+be successfully passed to \fIfree\fP() shall be returned. Otherwise,
+it shall return a null pointer   \ and set
+\fIerrno\fP to indicate the error. 
+.SH ERRORS
+.LP
+The \fImalloc\fP() function shall fail if:
+.TP 7
+.B ENOMEM
+Insufficient storage space is available. 
+.sp
+.LP
+\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH APPLICATION USAGE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH RATIONALE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fIcalloc\fP() , \fIfree\fP() , \fIrealloc\fP()
+, the Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<stdlib.h>\fP
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
+from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
+-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
+Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
+Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
+event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
+The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
+is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
+http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .