# cmd_unpack_argv

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L298
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd_unpack_argv/

```c
int cmd_unpack_argv(char *buf, size_t len, int argc, char ***argv)
```

## Parameters

- `buf` (`char *`)
- `len` (`size_t`)
- `argc` (`int`)
- `argv` (`char ***`)

## Called by

- [`server_client_dispatch_command`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server-client-c-server_client_dispatch_command/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server-client.c#L2150)

## Calls

- [`cmd_free_argv`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd_free_argv/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L310)
- [`cmd_log_argv`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd_log_argv/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L320)
- [`xcalloc`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-xcalloc/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd.c#L305)

## Other function references

- [`xstrdup`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-xstrdup/) (function)

## Referenced by

- [`tty_cmd_erasecharacter`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-tty_cmd_erasecharacter/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`args.argc`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-args-argc/) (attribute)
- [`args.argv`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-args-argv/) (attribute)