audit_value_needs_encoding(3) — Linux manual page

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NAME

       audit_value_needs_encoding - check a string to see if it needs
       encoding

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_value_needs_encoding(const char *str, unsigned int size);

DESCRIPTION

       audit_value_needs_encoding() checks a string to see if it needs
       encoding. Specifically, this function checks if the string
       contains a space, a double-quote, or a control character.  str is
       the string to check if encoding is needed.  size is the length of
       str.

RETURN VALUE

       The return value if encoding is needed is 1. If not needed is 0.

SEE ALSO

       audit_encode_nv_string(3).

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb

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