gnutls_key_generate(3)

gnutls_key_generate3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_key_generate(gnutls_datum_t * key, unsigned int key_size);

Arguments

gnutls_datum_t * key

is a pointer to a gnutls_datum_t which will contain a newly created key

unsigned int key_size

the number of bytes of the key

Overview

Generates a random key of key_size bytes.

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, or an error code.

Since

3.0

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

From gnutls 3.8.13-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.