DEVCTL_SAFE_QUOTE_SB(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay bestie, this is the DEVCTL_SAFE_QUOTE_SB(9) page from the Kernel Developer's Manual ✨ — and the function is devctl_safe_quote_sb: it inserts a string, properly quoted, into a sbuf. Periodt 💅.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/devctl.h>
#include <sys/sbuf.h>

void
devctl_safe_quote_sb(struct sbuf *sb, const char *src);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here’s the vibe: copy the string from src into sb. That’s the main-character move 💖.

When it does that, these rules are non-negotiable:

• All backslash characters (\) are doubled.
• All double quote characters (") are also preceded by a backslash (\).
• All other characters are copied without modification.

The devctl(4) protocol requires a quoted string to be quoted this exact way. This routine is the one that centralizes this knowledge, so it lives in one place instead of being scattered everywhere. Slay 🫶.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• devd(8)

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

This manual page was written by M. Warner Losh. Iconic 👑.

That’s the whole page, bestie 💖 — the footer source/version says Debian, and the date is September 22, 2020. DEVCTL_SAFE_QUOTE_SB(9) signing off 🌈.