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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

libssh2_init (3ssh2)

Name

libssh2_init - global library initialization

Synopsis

#include <libssh2.h>

#define LIBSSH2_INIT_NO_CRYPTO 0x0001

int libssh2_init(int flags);

Description

libssh2_init(3ssh2)             libssh2 manual             libssh2_init(3ssh2)



NAME
       libssh2_init - global library initialization

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libssh2.h>

       #define LIBSSH2_INIT_NO_CRYPTO 0x0001

       int libssh2_init(int flags);

DESCRIPTION
       Initialize the libssh2 functions.  This typically initialize the crypto
       library.  It uses a global state, and is not thread safe  --  you  must
       make sure this function is not called concurrently.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns 0 if succeeded, or a negative value for error.

AVAILABILITY
       Added in libssh2 1.2.5


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


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/libssh2  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       libssh2_exit(3)



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.libssh2.org/download/lib-
       ssh2-1.10.0.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.libssh2.org/.



libssh2 1.2.5                     19 Mar 2010              libssh2_init(3ssh2)