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Date:      Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:30:50 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: snprintf() in the kernel
Message-ID:  <19981119203050.A4033@nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811200057.QAA29023@bubba.whistle.com>; from Archie Cobbs on Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 04:57:47PM -0800
References:  <19981120093817.K467@freebie.lemis.com> <199811200057.QAA29023@bubba.whistle.com>

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> The only subtle gotcha with snprintf() is that it returns
> the number of characters that *would* have been printed,
> not the number that actually were printed. 

So, create a new function called ksprintf() that has the calling semantics
of sprintf(), but the return semantics you like.

-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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