pblock_pblock2str

The pblock_pblock2str function copies all parameters of a specified pblock into a specified string. The function allocates additional nonheap space for the string if needed.

Use this function to stream the pblock for archival and other purposes.

Syntax

char *pblock_pblock2str(pblock *pb, char *str);

Returns

The new version of the str parameter. If str is NULL, the string is a new string otherwise, the string is a reallocated string. In either case, it is allocated from the request’s memory pool.

Parameters

pblock *pb is the pblock to be copied.

char *str is the string into which the pblock is to be copied. The string must have been allocated by MALLOC or REALLOC, not by PERM_MALLOC or PERM_REALLOC, which allocate from the system heap.

Each name-value pair in the string is separated from its neighbor pair by a space, and is in the format name="value."

See Also

pblock_copy, pblock_create, pblock_find, pblock_free, pblock_nvinsert, pblock_remove, pblock_str2pblock