libssh2_channel_get_exit_status(3)

libssh2_channel_get_exit_status3

Get the remote exit code

Usage

#include <libssh2.h>
int
libssh2_channel_get_exit_status(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL* channel)

Overview

channel - Closed channel stream to retrieve exit status from.

Returns the exit code raised by the process running on the remote host at the other end of the named channel. Note that the exit status may not be available if the remote end has not yet set its status to closed.

Return value

Returns 0 on failure, otherwise the Exit Status reported by remote host

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0–6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8–12
  4. 13–Arch

From libssh2 1.11.1-7 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.