.TH "sscanf" 9 "sscanf" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME sscanf \- Unformat a buffer into a list of arguments .SH SYNOPSIS .B "int" sscanf .BI "(const char *" buf "," .BI "const char *" fmt "," .BI "... " ... ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "buf" 12 input buffer .IP "fmt" 12 formatting of buffer @...: resulting arguments .IP "..." 12 variable arguments