1BIO_S_NULL(3) OpenSSL BIO_S_NULL(3)
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6 BIO_s_null - null data sink
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9 #include <openssl/bio.h>
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11 const BIO_METHOD *BIO_s_null(void);
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14 BIO_s_null() returns the null sink BIO method. Data written to the null
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18 A null sink BIO behaves in a similar manner to the Unix /dev/null
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21 A null bio can be placed on the end of a chain to discard any data
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24 A null sink is useful if, for example, an application wishes to digest
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31 BIO_s_null() returns the null sink BIO method.
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34 Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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39 <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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431.1.1c 2019-05-28 BIO_S_NULL(3)