Re: ask for help. question about snprintf()

["Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 20-05-08 05:47, Payphone LIOU wrote:
>
>> in a kernel modules, i used "snprintf()" to ouput some strings to the
>> terminal.
>
> snprintf() doesn't output to anything; it writes to the buffer it's given as
> its first parameter. To actually output something you need printk() and
> friends.

Also, if this is some sort of proc file (or other virtual filesystem)
you will need to mount it and open the file, e.g. cat
/proc/your-proc-filename.

It will also be easier to help if you provide a bit more context the
next time you have a question. Good luck.

Vegard

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