AUDIT_VALUE_NEEDS_ENCODING(3) Linux Audit API AUDIT_VALUE_NEEDS_ENCODING(3) NAME audit_value_needs_encoding - check a string to see if it needs encoding SYNOPSIS #include int audit_value_needs_encoding(const char *str, unsigned int size); DESCRIPTION audit_value_needs_encoding() checks a string to see if it needs encoding. Specifically, this function checks if the string contains a space, a double-quote, or a control character. str is the string to check if encoding is needed. size is the length of str. RETURN VALUE The return value if encoding is needed is 1. If not needed is 0. SEE ALSO audit_encode_nv_string(3). AUTHOR Steve Grubb Red Hat Apr 2021 AUDIT_VALUE_NEEDS_ENCODING(3)