firestring_snprintf(3)					     Library Functions Manual					    firestring_snprintf(3)

NAME

       firestring_snprintf - snprintf(3) provided as a replacement so programs can maintain ANSI C compliance

SYNOPSIS

       #include <firestring.h>
       -lfirestring

       long firestring_snprintf(char * out, const size_t size, const char * const format, ...)

DESCRIPTION

       firestring_snprintf()  writes  a  maximum  of size bytes to out based on the formatting rules specified in format and the further arguments
       provided.

       As snprintf(3) is not a ANSI C function, firestring_snprintf() is provided as a replacement for programs wishing to maintain ANSI C compli-
       ance.  It acts much like snprintf(3), except that it only uses single-letter format tags, and only supports a subset of the common formats.

       Formats supported:
	      %s - char *
	      %d - int
	      %l - long
	      %u - unsigned int
	      %y - unsigned long
	      %g - signed long long
	      %o - unsigned long long
	      %f - double
	      %t - time_t (printed in ISO format)
	      %e - struct firestring_estr_t *

       The  %s	type handles NULL values by displaying the string "(null)".  All numeric types support zero padding through the standard %02d for-
       mat.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns the number of bytes written to out not including the trailing nil.

AUTHOR

       Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO

       libfirestring(3)

								    2003-05-15						    firestring_snprintf(3)