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Section: libcurl Manual (3)
Updated: 20 April 2001
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NAME

curl_maprintf, curl_mfprintf, curl_mprintf, curl_msnprintf, curl_msprintf curl_mvaprintf, curl_mvfprintf, curl_mvprintf, curl_mvsnprintf, curl_mvsprintf - formatted output conversion  

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/mprintf.h>

int curl_mprintf(const char *format, ...);
int curl_mfprintf(FILE *fd, const char *format, ...);
int curl_msprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
int curl_msnprintf(char *buffer, size_t maxlength, const char *format, ...);
int curl_mvprintf(const char *format, va_list args);
int curl_mvfprintf(FILE *fd, const char *format, va_list args);
int curl_mvsprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args);
int curl_mvsnprintf(char *buffer, size_t maxlength, const char *format, va_list args);
char *curl_maprintf(const char *format, ...);
char *curl_mvaprintf(const char *format, va_list args);  

DESCRIPTION

These are all functions that produces output according to a format string and given arguments. These are mostly clones of the well-known C-style functions and there will be no detailed explanation of all available formatting rules and usage here.

See this table for notable exceptions.

curl_mprintf()
Normal printf() clone.
curl_mfprintf()
Normal fprinf() clone.
curl_msprintf()
Normal sprintf() clone.
curl_msnprintf()
snprintf() clone. Many systems don't have this. It is just like sprintf but with an extra argument after the buffer that specifies the length of the target buffer.
curl_mvprintf()
Normal vprintf() clone.
curl_mvfprintf()
Normal vfprintf() clone.
curl_mvsprintf()
Normal vsprintf() clone.
curl_mvsnprintf()
vsnprintf() clone. Many systems don't have this. It is just like vsprintf but with an extra argument after the buffer that specifies the length of the target buffer.
curl_maprintf()
Like printf() but returns the output string as a malloc()ed string. The returned string must be free()ed by the receiver.
curl_mvaprintf()
Like curl_maprintf() but takes a va_list pointer argument instead of a variable amount of arguments.

To easily use all these cloned functions instead of the normal ones, #define _MPRINTF_REPLACE before you include the <curl/mprintf.h> file. Then all the normal names like printf, fprintf, sprintf etc will use the curl-functions instead.  

RETURN VALUE

The curl_maprintf and curl_mvaprintf functions return a pointer to a newly allocated string, or NULL it it failed.

All other functions return the number of character they actually outputed.  

SEE ALSO

printf(3), sprintf(3), fprintf(3), vprintf(3)


 

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