pmsprintf(3) — Linux manual page

PMSPRINTF(3)            Library Functions Manual            PMSPRINTF(3)

NAME         top

       pmsprintf - formatted string conversion

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       int pmsprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...
       /*args*/);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       Safe string formatting interface that wraps the vsnprintf(3)
       call.

       It differs primarily in that pmsprintf guarantees that the output
       buffer str will be null-terminated even when the provided buffer
       size is insufficient to contain the formatted string.  In this
       case a null-terminated truncated string will be returned in str.

       In the case of a failure in the underlying vsnprintf interface, a
       null-terminated empty string will be returned in str, and the
       return value will be zero.

DIAGNOSTICS         top

       On successful completion, pmsprintf returns the number of
       characters written to the supplied buffer, not including the null
       terminator.

       The return code is always zero or more, never negative.

SEE ALSO         top

       vsnprintf(3), pmprintf(3) and PMAPI(3).

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