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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)