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+PR_FreeLibraryName
+==================
+
+Frees memory allocated by NSPR for library names and path names.
+
+
+Syntax
+------
+
+.. code::
+
+ #include <prlink.h>
+
+ void PR_FreeLibraryName(char *mem);
+
+
+Parameters
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The function has this parameter:
+
+``mem``
+ A reference to a character array that was previously allocated by the
+ dynamic library runtime.
+
+
+Returns
+~~~~~~~
+
+Nothing.
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This function deletes the storage allocated by the runtime in the
+functions described previously. It is important to use this function to
+rather than calling directly into ``malloc`` in order to isolate the
+runtime's semantics regarding storage management.