1curl_printf(3)                  libcurl Manual                  curl_printf(3)
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NAME

6       curl_maprintf,     curl_mfprintf,     curl_mprintf,     curl_msnprintf,
7       curl_msprintf curl_mvaprintf, curl_mvfprintf, curl_mvprintf,  curl_mvs‐
8       nprintf, curl_mvsprintf - formatted output conversion
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SYNOPSIS

11       #include <curl/mprintf.h>
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13       int curl_mprintf(const char *format, ...);
14       int curl_mfprintf(FILE *fd, const char *format, ...);
15       int curl_msprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
16       int  curl_msnprintf(char *buffer, size_t maxlength, const char *format,
17       ...);
18       int curl_mvprintf(const char *format, va_list args);
19       int curl_mvfprintf(FILE *fd, const char *format, va_list args);
20       int curl_mvsprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args);
21       int curl_mvsnprintf(char *buffer, size_t maxlength, const char *format,
22       va_list args);
23       char *curl_maprintf(const char *format, ...);
24       char *curl_mvaprintf(const char *format, va_list args);
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DESCRIPTION

27       These  are  all  functions  that  produce  output according to a format
28       string and given arguments. These are mostly clones of  the  well-known
29       C-style  functions  and  there  will  be no detailed explanation of all
30       available formatting rules and usage here.
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32       See this table for notable exceptions.
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34              curl_mprintf()
35                     Normal printf() clone.
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37              curl_mfprintf()
38                     Normal fprintf() clone.
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40              curl_msprintf()
41                     Normal sprintf() clone.
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43              curl_msnprintf()
44                     snprintf() clone. Many systems don't  have  this.  It  is
45                     just  like  sprintf  but with an extra argument after the
46                     buffer that specifies the length of the target buffer.
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48              curl_mvprintf()
49                     Normal vprintf() clone.
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51              curl_mvfprintf()
52                     Normal vfprintf() clone.
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54              curl_mvsprintf()
55                     Normal vsprintf() clone.
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57              curl_mvsnprintf()
58                     vsnprintf() clone.  Many systems don't have this.  It  is
59                     just  like  vsprintf but with an extra argument after the
60                     buffer that specifies the length of the target buffer.
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62              curl_maprintf()
63                     Like printf() but returns the output  string  as  a  mal‐
64                     loc()ed  string.  The returned string must be free()ed by
65                     the receiver.
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67              curl_mvaprintf()
68                     Like curl_maprintf() but takes a va_list pointer argument
69                     instead of a variable amount of arguments.
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AVAILABILITY

72       These  functions  will  be  removed  from the public libcurl API in the
73       future. Do not use them in any new programs or projects.
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RETURN VALUE

76       The curl_maprintf and curl_mvaprintf functions return a  pointer  to  a
77       newly allocated string, or NULL if it failed.
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79       All  other functions return the number of characters they actually out‐
80       putted.
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SEE ALSO

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