problems with 'free' in C

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Published on 2010-05-12T14:08:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 14:14 UTC
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hello, can somebody please explain can I free const char* ? I allocated new memory using malloc and when I'm trying to free it I always receive an error incompatible pointer type thanks in advance

something like this

char* name="Arnold";
const char* str=malloc(stlen(name)+1);

free(str);  <- here bug

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