sprintf(9) [centos man page]

SPRINTF(9)						     Basic C Library Functions							SPRINTF(9)

NAME

       sprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer

SYNOPSIS

       int sprintf(char * buf, const char * fmt, ...);

ARGUMENTS

       buf
	   The buffer to place the result into

       fmt
	   The format string to use @...: Arguments for the format string

       ...
	   variable arguments

DESCRIPTION

       The function returns the number of characters written into buf. Use snprintf or scnprintf in order to avoid buffer overflows.

       See the vsnprintf documentation for format string extensions over C99.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014								SPRINTF(9)

VSNPRINTF(9)						     Basic C Library Functions						      VSNPRINTF(9)

NAME

       vsnprintf - Format a string and place it in a buffer

SYNOPSIS

       int vsnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, va_list args);

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

       args
	   Arguments for the format string

DESCRIPTION

       This function follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some extensions: pS output the name of a text symbol with offset ps output the name of a text
       symbol without offset pF output the name of a function pointer with its offset pf output the name of a function pointer without its offset
       pR output the address range in a struct resource with decoded flags pr output the address range in a struct resource with raw flags pM
       output a 6-byte MAC address with colons pm output a 6-byte MAC address without colons pI4 print an IPv4 address without leading zeros pi4
       print an IPv4 address with leading zeros pI6 print an IPv6 address with colons pi6 print an IPv6 address without colons pI6c print an IPv6
       address as specified by

HTTP

       //tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation-00 pU[bBlL] print a UUID/GUID in big or little endian using lower or upper
       case.  n is ignored

       The return value is the number of characters which would be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing '', as per ISO C99. If
       you want to have the exact number of characters written into buf as return value (not including the trailing ''), use vscnprintf. If the
       return is greater than or equal to size, the resulting string is truncated.

       Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list. You probably want snprintf instead.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							      VSNPRINTF(9)