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NAME
     curl_unescape - URL decodes the given string

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     char *curl_unescape( char *url, int length );

DESCRIPTION
     Obsolete function. Use curl_easy_unescape(3) instead!

     This function will  convert  the  given  URL  encoded  input
     string  to  a  "plain string" and return that as a new allo-
     cated string. All input characters that are URL encoded (%XX
     where  XX  is  a  two-digit hexadecimal number) will be con-
     verted to their plain text versions.

     If the 'length' argument is set to 0,  curl_unescape()  will
     use strlen() on the input 'url' string to find out the size.

     You must curl_free() the returned string  when  you're  done
     with it.

AVAILABILITY
     Since 7.15.4, curl_easy_unescape(3)  should  be  used.  This
     function will be removed in a future release.

RETURN VALUE
     A pointer to a zero terminated string or NULL if it failed.

SEE ALSO
     curl_easy_escape(3),  curl_easy_unescape(3),   curl_free(3),
     RFC 2396

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     _______________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
    |____________________|__________________|_
    | Availability       |  web/curl       |
    |____________________|__________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted    |
    |____________________|_________________|

NOTES
     Source for C-URL is available on http://opensolaris.org.







libcurl 7.7        Last change: 22 March 2001                   1