libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3)

libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3libssh2 manualibssh2_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 sup-
     ported  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 1.2         Last change: 28 May 2009                    1