libssh2_knownhost_readfile (3)

#include <libssh2.h>

int libssh2_knownhost_readfile(LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *hosts,

                               const char *filename, int type);

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

Returns a negative value, a regular libssh2 error code for errors, or a positive number as number of parsed known hosts in the file.

Added in libssh2 1.2

libssh2_knownhost_init(3) libssh2_knownhost_free(3) libssh2_knownhost_check(3)