libssh2_knownhost_readfile - parse a file of known hosts
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Availability
Added in libssh2 1.2
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_hostsName
libssh2_knownhost_readfile - parse a file of 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.
See Also
libssh2_knownhost_init(3)libssh2_knownhost_free(3)libssh2_knownhost_check(3) libssh2 28 May 2009 libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3)
Synopsis
#include <libssh2.h>
int
libssh2_knownhost_readfile(LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *hosts,
const char *filename, int type);
