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                     22: .TH curl_unescape 3 "March 23, 2020" "libcurl 7.70.0" "libcurl Manual"
                     23: 
                     24: .SH NAME
                     25: curl_unescape - URL decodes the given string
                     26: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     27: .B #include <curl/curl.h>
                     28: .sp
                     29: .BI "char *curl_unescape( const char *" url ", int "length " );"
                     30: .ad
                     31: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     32: Obsolete function. Use \fIcurl_easy_unescape(3)\fP instead!
                     33: 
                     34: This function will convert the given URL encoded input string to a "plain
                     35: string" and return that as a new allocated string. All input characters that
                     36: are URL encoded (%XX where XX is a two-digit hexadecimal number) will be
                     37: converted to their plain text versions.
                     38: 
                     39: If the 'length' argument is set to 0, curl_unescape() will use strlen() on the
                     40: input 'url' string to find out the size.
                     41: 
                     42: You must \fIcurl_free(3)\fP the returned string when you're done with it.
                     43: .SH AVAILABILITY
                     44: Since 7.15.4, \fIcurl_easy_unescape(3)\fP should be used. This function will
                     45: be removed in a future release.
                     46: .SH RETURN VALUE
                     47: A pointer to a zero terminated string or NULL if it failed.
                     48: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     49: .br curl_easy_escape "(3)," curl_easy_unescape "(3)," curl_free "(3)," RFC 2396