1BIO_S_FILE(3) OpenSSL BIO_S_FILE(3)
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6 BIO_s_file, BIO_new_file, BIO_new_fp, BIO_set_fp, BIO_get_fp,
7 BIO_read_filename, BIO_write_filename, BIO_append_filename,
8 BIO_rw_filename - FILE bio
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11 #include <openssl/bio.h>
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13 const BIO_METHOD *BIO_s_file(void);
14 BIO *BIO_new_file(const char *filename, const char *mode);
15 BIO *BIO_new_fp(FILE *stream, int flags);
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17 BIO_set_fp(BIO *b, FILE *fp, int flags);
18 BIO_get_fp(BIO *b, FILE **fpp);
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20 int BIO_read_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
21 int BIO_write_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
22 int BIO_append_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
23 int BIO_rw_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
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26 BIO_s_file() returns the BIO file method. As its name implies it is a
27 wrapper round the stdio FILE structure and it is a source/sink BIO.
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29 Calls to BIO_read_ex() and BIO_write_ex() read and write data to the
30 underlying stream. BIO_gets() and BIO_puts() are supported on file
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33 BIO_flush() on a file BIO calls the fflush() function on the wrapped
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36 BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file
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39 BIO_seek() sets the file pointer to position ofs from start of file
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42 BIO_eof() calls feof().
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44 Setting the BIO_CLOSE flag calls fclose() on the stream when the BIO is
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47 BIO_new_file() creates a new file BIO with mode mode the meaning of
48 mode is the same as the stdio function fopen(). The BIO_CLOSE flag is
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51 BIO_new_fp() creates a file BIO wrapping stream. Flags can be:
52 BIO_CLOSE, BIO_NOCLOSE (the close flag) BIO_FP_TEXT (sets the
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56 BIO_set_fp() sets the fp of a file BIO to fp. flags has the same
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59 BIO_get_fp() retrieves the fp of a file BIO, it is a macro.
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61 BIO_seek() is a macro that sets the position pointer to offset bytes
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64 BIO_tell() returns the value of the position pointer.
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66 BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and
67 BIO_rw_filename() set the file BIO b to use file name for reading,
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71 When wrapping stdout, stdin or stderr the underlying stream should not
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74 Because the file BIO calls the underlying stdio functions any quirks in
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77 On Windows BIO_new_files reserves for the filename argument to be UTF-8
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82 File BIO "hello world":
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86 bio_out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
87 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");
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91 BIO *bio_out;
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93 bio_out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
94 if (bio_out == NULL)
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96 if (!BIO_set_fp(bio_out, stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE))
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98 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");
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104 out = BIO_new_file("filename.txt", "w");
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107 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
108 BIO_free(out);
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114 out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
115 if (out == NULL)
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117 if (!BIO_write_filename(out, "filename.txt"))
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119 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
120 BIO_free(out);
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123 BIO_s_file() returns the file BIO method.
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125 BIO_new_file() and BIO_new_fp() return a file BIO or NULL if an error
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128 BIO_set_fp() and BIO_get_fp() return 1 for success or 0 for failure
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131 BIO_seek() returns the same value as the underlying fseek() function: 0
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134 BIO_tell() returns the current file position.
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136 BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and
137 BIO_rw_filename() return 1 for success or 0 for failure.
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140 BIO_reset() and BIO_seek() are implemented using fseek() on the
141 underlying stream. The return value for fseek() is 0 for success or -1
142 if an error occurred this differs from other types of BIO which will
143 typically return 1 for success and a non positive value if an error
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147 BIO_seek(3), BIO_tell(3), BIO_reset(3), BIO_flush(3), BIO_read_ex(3),
148 BIO_write_ex(3), BIO_puts(3), BIO_gets(3), BIO_printf(3),
149 BIO_set_close(3), BIO_get_close(3)
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152 Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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154 Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
155 this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
156 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
157 <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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