curl_maprintf,         curl_mfprintf,        curl_mprintf,
       curl_msnprintf,  curl_msprintf  curl_mvaprintf,  curl_mvf-
       printf,  curl_mvprintf,  curl_mvsnprintf, curl_mvsprintf -
       formatted output conversion

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/mprintf.h>

       int curl_mprintf(const char *format, ...);
       int curl_mfprintf(FILE *fd, const char *format, ...);
       int curl_msprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
       int curl_msnprintf(char *buffer, size_t  maxlength,  const
       char *format, ...);
       int curl_mvprintf(const char *format, va_list args);
       int  curl_mvfprintf(FILE  *fd, const char *format, va_list
       args);
       int  curl_mvsprintf(char  *buffer,  const  char   *format,
       va_list args);
       int  curl_mvsnprintf(char *buffer, size_t maxlength, const
       char *format, va_list args);
       char *curl_maprintf(const char *format, ...);
       char *curl_mvaprintf(const char *format, va_list args);

DESCRIPTION

       These are all functions that produces output according  to
       a  format  string  and  given  arguments. These are mostly
       clones of the well-known C-style functions and there  will
       be  no  detailed  explanation  of all available formatting
       rules and usage here.

       See this table for notable exceptions.

              curl_mprintf()
                     Normal printf() clone.

              curl_mfprintf()
                     Normal fprinf() clone.

              curl_msprintf()
                     Normal sprintf() clone.

              curl_msnprintf()
                     snprintf() clone. Many  systems  don't  have
                     this.  It  is  just like sprintf but with an
                     extra argument after the buffer that  speci-
                     fies the length of the target buffer.

              curl_mvprintf()
                     Normal vprintf() clone.

              curl_mvfprintf()
                     Normal vfprintf() clone.
                     Normal vsprintf() clone.

              curl_mvsnprintf()
                     vsnprintf()  clone.  Many systems don't have
                     this. It is just like vsprintf but  with  an
                     extra  argument after the buffer that speci-
                     fies the length of the target buffer.

              curl_maprintf()
                     Like printf() but returns the output  string
                     as  a malloc()ed string. The returned string
                     must be free()ed by the receiver.

              curl_mvaprintf()
                     Like curl_maprintf()  but  takes  a  va_list
                     pointer   argument  instead  of  a  variable
                     amount of arguments.

       To easily use all these cloned functions  instead  of  the
       normal  ones,  #define _MPRINTF_REPLACE before you include
       the <curl/mprintf.h> file. Then all the normal names  like
       printf,  fprintf,  sprintf etc will use the curl-functions
       instead.

RETURN VALUE

       The curl_maprintf and curl_mvaprintf  functions  return  a
       pointer to a newly allocated string, or NULL it it failed.

       All other functions return the number  of  character  they
       actually outputed.

SEE ALSO

       printf(3), sprintf(3), fprintf(3), vprintf(3)