NAME

       scan_ldapescape - parse LDIF escaped string

SYNTAX

       #include <libowfat/textcode.h>

       size_t scan_ldapescape(const char *src,char *dest,size_t* destlen);

DESCRIPTION

       scan_ldapescape  parses  LDIF  escaped  text  from  src into dest.  Parsing stops at the 0
       terminator or invalid input characters.

       This function will turn backslash escaped characters into their binary equivalent, i.e.  a
       to new-line and 5c to backslash.

       scan_cescape  will  then  write  the number of bytes in dest into *destlen, and return the
       number of bytes decoded from src.

       dest can be NULL. destlen can be NULL. dest can be src.

       The decoded data need at most as much space as the encoded data used.

RETURN VALUE

       scan_ldapescape returns the number of bytes successfully parsed from src.

EXAMPLES

       scan_ldapescape("test5C\");",buf,&i) -> return 7, i=5, buf="test\" (C notation).

SEE ALSO

       fmt_ldapescape(3), scan_cescape(3), scan_ldapescape(3)

                                                                               scan_ldapescape(3)