scnprintf(9)

scnprintf9

Format a string and place it in a buffer

Usage

int scnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...);

Arguments

buf

The buffer to place the result into

size

The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space

fmt

The format string to use

...

Arguments for the format string

Overview

The return value is the number of characters written into buf not including the trailing '\0'. If size is == 0 the function returns 0.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.