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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)