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| .TH curl_unescape 3 "22 March 2001" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| curl_unescape - URL decodes the given string |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B #include <curl/curl.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "char *curl_unescape( char *" url ", int "length " );" |
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| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Obsolete function. Use \fIcurl_easy_unescape(3)\fP instead! |
| |
| This function will convert the given URL encoded input string to a "plain |
| string" and return that as a new allocated string. All input characters that |
| are URL encoded (%XX where XX is a two-digit hexadecimal number) will be |
| converted to their plain text versions. |
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| If the 'length' argument is set to 0, curl_unescape() will use strlen() on the |
| input 'url' string to find out the size. |
| |
| You must curl_free() the returned string when you're done with it. |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| Since 7.15.4, \fIcurl_easy_unescape(3)\fP should be used. This function will |
| be removed in a future release. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| A pointer to a zero terminated string or NULL if it failed. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .I curl_easy_escape(3), curl_easy_unescape(3), curl_free(3), RFC 2396 |