[LI] free...

[Arun K Desai]

Hi all,
What "free" does???
Suppose i am having a pointer say *ptr.
If say free(ptr) what it does???
If say  ptr=NULL what it does???
Is it both are same????

                     Regards,
                       Arun.


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