.TH PCRE2_GENERAL_CONTEXT_COPY 3 "22 October 2014" "PCRE2 10.00" .SH NAME PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API) .SH SYNOPSIS .rs .sp .B #include <pcre2.h> .PP .nf .B pcre2_general_context *pcre2_general_context_copy( .B " pcre2_general_context *\fIgcontext\fP);" .fi . .SH DESCRIPTION .rs .sp This function makes a new copy of a general context, using the memory allocation functions in the context, if set, to get the necessary memory. Otherwise \fBmalloc()\fP is used. The result is NULL if the memory cannot be obtained. .P There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the .\" HREF \fBpcre2api\fP .\" page and a description of the POSIX API in the .\" HREF \fBpcre2posix\fP .\" page.