On 2010-05-06 at 18:20:55 [+0200], Philippe Houdoin <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I remember wondering about this before... how does it work? Where is the > > storage for buf? > > > > The 'a' in vasprintf stands for allocated: the function allocates a large > enough string buffer itself. thanks! -Stephan