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.\" Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved 
.TH mlib_realloc 3MLIB "2 Mar 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "mediaLib Library Functions"
.SH NAME
mlib_realloc \- reallocate a block of bytes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lmlib\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <mlib.h>

\fBvoid *\fR\fBmlib_realloc\fR(\fBvoid *\fR\fIptr\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIsize\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBmlib_realloc()\fR function changes the size of the block pointed to by \fIptr\fR to \fIsize\fR bytes and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block.
.sp
.LP
This function is a wrapper of the standard C function \fBrealloc()\fR.
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.LP
The function takes the following arguments:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIsize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
New size of the block in bytes.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIptr\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Pointer to a block.
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
The function returns a pointer to the reallocated block if successful. Otherwise it returns a null pointer.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBmlib_free\fR(3MLIB), \fBmlib_malloc\fR(3MLIB), \fBmalloc\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5)