Dynamically creating strings in inline c for use in the VRT_SetHdr function

[Paul A. Procacci]

> Hi all,

Hi.

> Firstly, Is there a way to create the header string dynamically. I
> know the header string has to be in the format "\020X-Forwarded-For:",
> it has to start with the length of the string in octal, But if I'm
> creating the header name dynamically, Say if i wanted to create
> separate headers based of GeoIP data or something similar, How could I
> go about creating the string so It matches the format?

Here is one way:
###############################################
  char *str = "X-Header: test";
  char *header;

  asprintf(&header, "\\0%o%s", strlen(str), str);
  # Make sure to check return value, etc.
###############################################

> And secondly, purely out of interest, Could someone explain why the
> header is prefixed with its length in octal? Does it have something to
> do with correctly setting the amount of memory needed?

I do not know the reasoning.

~Paul

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