1X509_NAME_print_ex(3) OpenSSL X509_NAME_print_ex(3)
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6 X509_NAME_print_ex, X509_NAME_print_ex_fp, X509_NAME_print,
7 X509_NAME_oneline - X509_NAME printing routines.
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10 #include <openssl/x509.h>
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12 int X509_NAME_print_ex(BIO *out, X509_NAME *nm, int indent, unsigned long flags);
13 int X509_NAME_print_ex_fp(FILE *fp, X509_NAME *nm, int indent, unsigned long flags);
14 char * X509_NAME_oneline(X509_NAME *a,char *buf,int size);
15 int X509_NAME_print(BIO *bp, X509_NAME *name, int obase);
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18 X509_NAME_print_ex() prints a human readable version of nm to BIO out.
19 Each line (for multiline formats) is indented by indent spaces. The
20 output format can be extensively customised by use of the flags parame‐
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23 X509_NAME_print_ex_fp() is identical to X509_NAME_print_ex() except the
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26 X509_NAME_oneline() prints an ASCII version of a to buf. At most size
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30 X509_NAME_print() prints out name to bp indenting each line by obase
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35 The functions X509_NAME_oneline() and X509_NAME_print() are legacy
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37 multi character fields and have various quirks and inconsistencies.
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41 XN_FLAG_ONELINE, XN_FLAG_MULTILINE or XN_FLAG_RFC2253 will suffice. As
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43 ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB should be unset: so for example XN_FLAG_ONELINE &
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51 The options XN_FLAG_SEP_COMMA_PLUS, XN_FLAG_SEP_CPLUS_SPC,
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54 RelativeDistinguishedName components and separate values in the same
55 RDN for a multi-valued RDN. Multi-valued RDNs are currently very rare
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58 XN_FLAG_SEP_COMMA_PLUS uses comma and plus as separators.
59 XN_FLAG_SEP_CPLUS_SPC uses comma and plus with spaces: this is more
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61 semicolon and plus. XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE uses spaced newline and plus
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64 If XN_FLAG_DN_REV is set the whole DN is printed in reversed order.
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66 The fields XN_FLAG_FN_SN, XN_FLAG_FN_LN, XN_FLAG_FN_OID,
67 XN_FLAG_FN_NONE determine how a field name is displayed. It will use
68 the short name (e.g. CN) the long name (e.g. commonName) always use OID
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72 If XN_FLAG_SPC_EQ is set then spaces will be placed around the '='
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75 If XN_FLAG_DUMP_UNKNOWN_FIELDS is set then the encoding of unknown
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78 If XN_FLAG_FN_ALIGN is set then field names are padded to 20 charac‐
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86 XN_FLAG_RFC2253 sets options which produce an output compatible with
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88 ASN1_STRFLGS_RFC2253 ⎪ XN_FLAG_SEP_COMMA_PLUS ⎪ XN_FLAG_DN_REV ⎪
89 XN_FLAG_FN_SN ⎪ XN_FLAG_DUMP_UNKNOWN_FIELDS
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91 XN_FLAG_ONELINE is a more readable one line format it is the same as:
92 ASN1_STRFLGS_RFC2253 ⎪ ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_QUOTE ⎪ XN_FLAG_SEP_CPLUS_SPC
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95 XN_FLAG_MULTILINE is a multiline format is is the same as:
96 ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL ⎪ ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB ⎪ XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE ⎪
97 XN_FLAG_SPC_EQ ⎪ XN_FLAG_FN_LN ⎪ XN_FLAG_FN_ALIGN
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99 XN_FLAG_COMPAT uses a format identical to X509_NAME_print(): in fact it
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103 ASN1_STRING_print_ex(3)
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1100.9.8b 2004-11-13 X509_NAME_print_ex(3)