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)