I got an issue with snprintf
I am porting a software (from Linux to Windows) which makes massive use of snprintf and I found out that in Windows the terminating null char is not put at the end in case of string excessive length..
please suggest a fast porting for this!
Which compiler are you using on windows?
Security Note Ensure that format is not a user-defined string. This function does not guarantee NULL termination, so ensure it is followed by sz[ ARRAYSIZE(sz) - 1] = 0. For more information, see Avoiding Buffer Overruns.
from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...93(VS.71).aspx
Last edited by Bayint Naung; 06-15-2010 at 06:02 AM.
that's very annoying
under Linux the NUL at the end is guaranteed
Can't you just write your own wrapper?
Code:int my_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...) { int ret; ret = sprintf( ... ); str[size-1] = 0; // i do it myself if it doesn't do it for me lol! ... }
Hmmm. But snprintf is not a standard function AFAIK.Originally Posted by mynickmynick
So you cannot rely on it being the same for all operating systems.
The snprintf() and vsnprintf() functions conform to C99.
To OP, Why don't you use gcc ? like mingw?
Last edited by Bayint Naung; 06-17-2010 at 05:04 AM. Reason: ps
i have to use MS Vis. cause i was inserted into a project started by some one else. I think it also uses special dlls for interfacing with PLC software running on the same Windows machine , which I suppose are not available with mingw
yeah i should but i am not able to write a function with a variable number of arguments (input parameters).. do you have a simple but fully written example (of the sintax for a variable number of arguments function)? I was said to use a va_list some days ago but i didn't figure out in detail how to use it..
stdarg example
After reading from msdn *nprintf documentation, there is another difference from standard *nprintf function.Code:int my_snprintf(char *str,size_t size,const char *fmt,...) { int ret; va_list ap; va_start(ap,fmt); ret = vsnprintf(str,size,fmt,ap); // Whatever happen in vsnprintf, what i'll do is just to null terminate it // and everything else s mynickmynick's problem str[size-1] = '\0'; va_end(ap); return ret; }
msdn
1. If the number of characters to write exceeds count, then count characters are written and –1 is returned.
2. If buffer is a null pointer and count is nonzero, or format is a null pointer, the invalid parameter handler is invoked, as described in Parameter Validation. If execution is allowed to continue, these functions return -1 and set errno to EINVAL.
ansi
1. If the output was truncated due to this limit then the return value is the number of characters (not including the trailing '\0') which would have been written to the final string if enough space had been available.
2. C99 allows str to be NULL in this case, and gives the return value (as always) as the number of characters that would have been written in case the output string has been large enough.
Last edited by Bayint Naung; 06-17-2010 at 06:46 AM.
thank you
