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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

BN_copy (3openssl)

Name

BN_copy - copy BIGNUMs

Synopsis

#include <openssl/bn.h>

BIGNUM *BN_copy(BIGNUM *to, const BIGNUM *from);

BIGNUM *BN_dup(const BIGNUM *from);

Description

BN_copy(3openssl)                   OpenSSL                  BN_copy(3openssl)



NAME
       BN_copy, BN_dup - copy BIGNUMs

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/bn.h>

        BIGNUM *BN_copy(BIGNUM *to, const BIGNUM *from);

        BIGNUM *BN_dup(const BIGNUM *from);

DESCRIPTION
       BN_copy() copies from to to. BN_dup() creates a new BIGNUM containing
       the value from.

RETURN VALUES
       BN_copy() returns to on success, NULL on error. BN_dup() returns the
       new BIGNUM, and NULL on error. The error codes can be obtained by
       ERR_get_error(3).


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | library/security/openssl |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through uncommitted |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       bn(3), ERR_get_error(3)

HISTORY
       BN_copy() and BN_dup() are available in all versions of SSLeay and
       OpenSSL.



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2ze.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.openssl.org/.



1.0.2ze                           2022-05-03                 BN_copy(3openssl)