libbuf - minimalist dynamic string library for C

The libbuf is a minimal C library to handle dynamic strings. It is designed in mind to be portable, simple, easy to embed.

It consists of:

• Pure C99,
• 13 public functions,
• Less than 500 lines of code,
• No configuration necessary, use the library or copy all .c files and all .h files,
• Basic output function (buf_printf, buf_putc, buf_puts),
• Basic size operations (buf_resize, buf_reserve),
• Basic deletion operation (buf_erase, buf_clear),
• Basic copy operation (buf_dup, buf_sub).

News

• (2022-03-28) New release: libbuf 1.0.0.
• (2021-09-16) Development release: libbuf 0.3.0.
• (2020-12-16) Development release: libbuf 0.2.0.
• (2020-10-06) Development release: libbuf 0.1.0.

Download

Official releases

• libbuf-1.0.0.tar.xz (signature)

Development version

You can install a development version using Mercurial

hg clone http://hg.malikania.fr/libbuf

Installation

Build using standard POSIX make tools, see INSTALL.md for more details.

make
make install

Documentation

Manual pages:

• buf_clear.3 (pdf)
• buf_dup.3 (pdf)
• buf_erase.3 (pdf)
• buf_finish.3 (pdf)
• buf_init.3 (pdf)
• buf_printf.3 (pdf)
• buf_putc.3 (pdf)
• buf_puts.3 (pdf)
• buf_reserve.3 (pdf)
• buf_resize.3 (pdf)
• buf_shrink.3 (pdf)
• buf_sub.3 (pdf)
• buf_vprintf.3 (pdf)
• libbuf.3 (pdf)

Also have a look into the official README.md file in the repository which may contain additional information and a FAQ.