libssh2_knownhost_readfile(3)

libssh2_knownhost_readfile3

Parse a file of known hosts

Usage

#include <libssh2.h>
int
libssh2_knownhost_readfile(LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *hosts,
                           const char *filename, int type);

Overview

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

Return value

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

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7–12
  3. 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.