libssh2_sftp_shutdown(3)

libssh2_sftp_shutdown3

Shut down an sftp session

Usage

#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>
int
libssh2_sftp_shutdown(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp);

Overview

sftp - SFTP instance as returned by libssh2_sftp_init(3)

Destroys a previously initialized SFTP session and frees all resources associated with it.

Return value

Return 0 on success or negative on failure. It returns LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it is not really a failure per se.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 5.0–6.0
  2. 7–12
  3. 13–Arch

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