snprintf() 返回不适当的值

Question

我查看这段代码已经有一段时间了，但似乎找不到我的错误。我想我知道 snprintf(dest, n, fmt, src) 应该如何工作（它 returns 用 n 字符填充 dest 缓冲区后 src 缓冲区中剩余字符的数量来自 fmt 字符串和 src 缓冲区），但它没有按照我的预期进行。它不返回要复制的剩余字符数，而是返回复制的总数个字符。

代码如下：

 40   char header_file_name[200];
 ....
 87   int n_overflow = 0;
 88   n_overflow = snprintf( header_file_name, 200, "%s.h", template_name );
 89   if ( n_overflow > 0 )
 90   {
 91       printf( "That template name is too large; try a smaller template name\n");
 92       printf("n_overflow = %d\n", n_overflow);
 93       printf("header_file_name = %s\n", header_file_name );
 94       printf("length of header_file_name = %d\n", strlen(header_file_name));
 95       printf( "template_name = %s\n", template_name );
 96       printf("length of template_name = %d\n", strlen(template_name));
 97       exit(4);
 98   }
 99   if ( n_overflow < 0 )
100   {
101       printf( "An error occurred while handling your input; file: %s, line:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);
102       exit(1);
103   }

输出如下：

Compiling template file ABAQUS_Version_5.template
That template name is too large; try a smaller template name
n_overflow = 18
header_file_name = ABAQUS_Version_5.h
length of header_file_name = 18
template_name = ABAQUS_Version_5
length of template_name = 16
*** Error code 4
clearmake: Error: Build script failed for "ABAQUS_Version_5.o"

令人困惑的是我的 dest (header_file_name) 有一个长度，甚至在 snprintf() 调用后里面还有数据，而我的 src (template_name) 也有长度，不是 NULL。我可能只是在我的代码中犯了一些错误，或者我不是很理解snprintf()，并且已经主演了太久。任何帮助将不胜感激！

Answer 1

这就是 snprintf 应该做的。

来自 man snprintf 在 Ubuntu 系统上：（强调）

The functions snprintf() and vsnprintf() do not write more than size bytes (including the terminating null byte ('[=15=]')). If the output was truncated due to this limit then the return value is the number of characters (excluding the terminating null byte) which would have been written to the final string if enough space had been available. Thus, a return value of size or more means that the output was truncated.

或者，Posix中更简单的措辞：

Upon successful completion, the snprintf() function shall return the number of bytes that would be written to s had n been sufficiently large excluding the terminating null byte.

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