libssh2_knownhost_readfile (3) Linux Manual Page

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)