curl_mprintf

       curl_msprintf curl_mvaprintf, curl_mvfprintf, curl_mvprintf,  curl_mvs-
       nprintf, 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  produce  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 fprintf() 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.

       Then  all  the  normal names like printf, fprintf, sprintf etc will use
       the curl-functions instead.

AVAILABILITY
       These function will be removed from the public libcurl API  in  a  near
       future.  They  will  instead  be made "available" by source code access
       only, and then as curlx_-prefixed functions. See  lib/README.curlx  for
       further details.

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

       All other functions return the number of characters they actually  out-
       putted.

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



libcurl 7.12                     30 April 2004                  curl_printf(3)