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libssh2_base64_decode(3) libssh2 libssh2_base64_decode(3)
NAME libssh2_base64_decode - decode a base64 encoded string
SYNOPSIS #include <libssh2.h>
int libssh2_base64_decode(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, char **dest, unsigned int *dest_len, const char *src, unsigned int src_len);
DESCRIPTION This function is deemed DEPRECATED and will be removed from libssh2 in a future version. Do not use it!
Decode a base64 chunk and store it into a newly allocated buffer. 'dest_len' will be set to hold the length of the returned buffer that '*dest' will point to.
The returned buffer is allocated by this function, but it is not clear how to free that memory!
BUGS The memory that *dest points to is allocated by the malloc function libssh2 uses, but there is no way for an application to free this data in a safe and reliable way!
RETURN VALUE 0 if successful, -1 if any error occurred.
libssh2 1.0 23 Dec 2008 libssh2_base64_decode(3)