NAME

       fmt_netstring - convert a memory buffer into a netstring

SYNTAX

       #include <libowfat/fmt.h>

       size_t fmt_netstring(char *dest,const char *source,
                             size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

       fmt_netstring creates a netstring from a raw memory buffer and returns the length.

       fmt_netstring does not append \0.

       If  dest equals FMT_LEN (i.e. is zero), fmt_netstring returns the number of bytes it would
       have written.

RETURN VALUE

       fmt_netstring returns the number of bytes written (or that would have  been  written,  had
       the destination pointer not pointed to NULL).

       If the input buffer is implausibly large, fmt_netstring returns 0 instead.

EXAMPLE

       The raw memory buffer "foo" would become the netstring "3:foo,"

SPEC

       http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt

SEE ALSO

       scan_netstring(3)

                                                                                 fmt_netstring(3)