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 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.

              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.

AVAILABILITY

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

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 outputted.

SEE ALSO

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