---
name: "scan_ldapescape"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libowfat-dev"
version: "0.32-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/scan_ldapescape"
---

# scan\_ldapescape(3)

parse LDIF escaped string

## NAME

scan\_ldapescape - parse LDIF escaped string

## SYNTAX

**#include \<libowfat/textcode.h\>**

size\_t **scan\_ldapescape**(const char \**src*,char \**dest*,size\_t\* *destlen*);

## DESCRIPTION

scan\_ldapescape parses LDIF escaped text from src into dest. Parsing stops at the 0 terminator or invalid input characters.

This function will turn backslash escaped characters into their binary equivalent, i.e.  a to new-line and 5c to backslash.

scan\_cescape will then write the number of bytes in dest into \*destlen, and return the number of bytes decoded from src.

dest can be NULL. destlen can be NULL. dest can be src.

The decoded data need at most as much space as the encoded data used.

## RETURN VALUE

scan\_ldapescape returns the number of bytes successfully parsed from src.

## EXAMPLES

scan\_ldapescape("test5C\\");",buf,&i) -\> return 7, i=5, buf="test\\" (C notation).

## SEE ALSO

fmt\_ldapescape(3), [scan\_cescape(3)](/scan_cescape/3.md), [scan\_ldapescape(3)](/scan_ldapescape/3.md)