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NAME

       strcstr - convert memory block to printable C string notation

SYNOPSIS

       #include <publib.h>
       void strcstr(char *str, size_t max, const void *block, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       strcstr	converts  the  contents  of an arbitrary memory block (which need not be a zero terminated string) into a printable notation using
       normal C string literal syntax.	This can be used for example to store potentially binary data in a file, or in debugging outputs.

       All characters for which there is a simple shorthand escape sequence (', ", ?, , a, , f, 
, 
, 	, v) are stored using  that  nota-
       tion.   is stored as .  All other non-printable characters are stored using a hexadecimal escape sequence.  All other printable charac-
       ters are stored as is.

       The isprint(3) macro is used to determine whether a character is printable (i.e., whether it is printed as is, or using special	notation).
       Therefore, the output depends on the locale.

RETURN VALUE

       strcstr returns nothing.

EXAMPLE

       The  following  code dumps input to the standard output in a guaranteed (modulo locale bugs) printable format.  It might be used for debug-
       ging.

	    #include <stdio.h>
	    #include <publib.h>

	    int main(void) {
		 char line[512];
		 char cstr[512*(CHAR_BIT/4+1+2)+1];  /* +2 for x, +1 for ,
					  the rest to be able to
					  store the hex code for
					  512 chars.  */

		 while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin) != NULL) {
		      strcstr(cstr, sizeof(cstr), line, strlen(line));
		      printf("%s0, cstr);
		 }
		 return 0;
	    }

SEE ALSO

       publib(3), strins(3)

AUTHOR

       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

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