libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3) libssh2 libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3)

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

SEE ALSO

libssh2_knownhost_init(3) libssh2_knownhost_free(3)
libssh2_knownhost_check(3)

libssh2 28 May 2009 libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3)