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libssh2_knownhost_readfile (3ssh2)

Name

libssh2_knownhost_readfile - parse a file of known hosts

Synopsis

#include <libssh2.h>

int libssh2_knownhost_readfile(LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *hosts,
const char *filename, int type);

Description

libssh2 manual                               libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3ssh2)



NAME
       libssh2_knownhost_readfile - parse a file of known hosts

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libssh2.h>

       int libssh2_knownhost_readfile(LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *hosts,
                                      const char *filename, int type);

DESCRIPTION
       Reads  a  collection of known hosts from a specified file and adds them
       to the collection of known hosts.

       filename specifies which file to read

       type specifies what file type it is, and LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_FILE_OPENSSH
       is  the  only  currently  supported format. This file is normally found
       named ~/.ssh/known_hosts

RETURN VALUE
       Returns a negative value, a regular libssh2 error code for errors, or a
       positive number as number of parsed known hosts in the file.

AVAILABILITY
       Added in libssh2 1.2


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


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

SEE ALSO
       libssh2_knownhost_init(3)    libssh2_knownhost_free(3)   libssh2_known-
       host_check(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                       28 May 2009
                                             libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3ssh2)