scan_netstring3
Parse a netstring
Usage
#include <libowfat/scan.h>
size_t scan_netstring(const char *in,size_t len,char** dest, size_t *slen);
Overview
scan_netstring attempts to parse the netstring in the input buffer (in,len). If the buffer contains a valid netstring, then (*dest,*slen) is set to the start and length of the transported string.
Note that this string is not zero terminated. No copy is made. scan_netstring points it inside the input buffer.
Return value
scan_netstring returns the number of bytes in the netstring (the outer representation, not the transported inner string) if parsing worked, or 0 if the input buffer did not contain a valid (or full) netstring.
Examples
The raw memory buffer "foo" would become the netstring "3:foo,"
Spec
http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt
Releases
Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm).