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FUNCT...STRIN(3stap)  String and data retrieving fun FUNCT...STRIN(3stap)

NAME         top

       function::user_string_quoted - Retrieves and quotes string from
       user space

SYNOPSIS         top

           user_string_quoted:string(addr:long)

ARGUMENTS         top

       addr
           the user space address to retrieve the string from

DESCRIPTION         top

       Returns the null terminated C string from a given user space
       memory address where any ASCII characters that are not printable
       are replaced by the corresponding escape sequence in the returned
       string. Note that the string will be surrounded by double quotes.
       On the rare cases when userspace data is not accessible at the
       given address, the address itself is returned as a string, without
       double quotes.

SEE ALSO         top

       tapset::uconversions(3stap)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the systemtap (a tracing and live-system
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