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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 " );" | |
| .ad | |
| .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. | |
| 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 |