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AUDIT_ENCODE_VALUE(3) Linux Audit APIAUDIT_ENCODE_VALUE(3)audit_encode_value - encode input string to ASCII code string
#include <libaudit.h>char *audit_encode_value(char *final, const char *buf, unsigned intsize);
audit_encode_value() encodes a string given bybuf to a ASCII code string.final is the hexadecimal string encoded to ASCII code.size is the length of the string given bybuf. e.g.: "foo bar" is encoded as "666F6F20626172". "\1\2\3\4" is encoded as "01020304".
Returns a encoded string same asfinal or, NULL on error.
audit_encode_nv_string(3),audit_value_needs_encoding(3).
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