libssh2_agent_init - init an ssh-agent handle
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Availability
Added in libssh2 1.2
Description
Init an ssh-agent handle. Returns the handle to an internal representation of an ssh-agent connection.
After the successful initialization, an application can call libssh2_agent_connect(3) to connect to a
running ssh-agent.
Call libssh2_agent_free(3) to free the handle again after you are doing using it.
Name
libssh2_agent_init - init an ssh-agent handle
Return Value
Returns a handle pointer or NULL if something went wrong. The returned handle is used as input to all
other ssh-agent related functions libssh2 provides.
See Also
libssh2_agent_connect(3)libssh2_agent_free(3) libssh2 23 Dec 2009 libssh2_agent_init(3)
Synopsis
#include <libssh2.h>
LIBSSH2_AGENT *
libssh2_agent_init(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session);
