libssh2_knownhost_init(3)

libssh2_knownhost_init3

Init a collection of known hosts

Usage

#include <libssh2.h>
LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *
libssh2_knownhost_init(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session);

Overview

Init a collection of known hosts for this session. Returns the handle to an internal representation of a known host collection.

Call libssh2_knownhost_free(3) to free the collection again after you are doing using it.

Return value

Returns a handle pointer or NULL if something went wrong. The returned handle is used as input to all other known host related functions libssh2 provides.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 6.0–12
  2. 13–Arch

Availability

Added in libssh2 1.2

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