BIO_s_file (3)

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NAME

BIO_s_file, BIO_new_file, BIO_new_fp, BIO_set_fp, BIO_get_fp, BIO_read_filename, BIO_write_filename, BIO_append_filename, BIO_rw_filename - FILE bio

SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/bio.h>

 BIO_METHOD *   BIO_s_file(void);
 BIO *BIO_new_file(const char *filename, const char *mode);
 BIO *BIO_new_fp(FILE *stream, int flags);

 BIO_set_fp(BIO *b,FILE *fp, int flags);
 BIO_get_fp(BIO *b,FILE **fpp);

 int BIO_read_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
 int BIO_write_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
 int BIO_append_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
 int BIO_rw_filename(BIO *b, char *name)

DESCRIPTION

BIO_s_file() returns the file method. As its name implies it is a wrapper round the stdio structure and it is a source/sink

Calls to BIO_read() and BIO_write() read and write data to the underlying stream. BIO_gets() and BIO_puts() are supported on file BIOs.

BIO_flush() on a file

calls the fflush() function on the wrapped stream.

BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file using fseek(stream, 0, 0).

BIO_seek() sets the file pointer to position ofs from start of file using fseek(stream, ofs, 0).

BIO_eof() calls feof().

Setting the

flag calls fclose() on the stream when the is freed.

BIO_new_file() creates a new file

with mode mode the meaning of mode is the same as the stdio function fopen(). The flag is set on the returned

BIO_new_fp() creates a file

wrapping stream. Flags can be: (the close flag) (sets the underlying stream to text mode, default is binary: this only has any effect under Win32).

BIO_set_fp() set the fp of a file

to fp. flags has the same meaning as in BIO_new_fp(), it is a macro.

BIO_get_fp() retrieves the fp of a file

it is a macro.

BIO_seek() is a macro that sets the position pointer to offset bytes from the start of file.

BIO_tell() returns the value of the position pointer.

BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and BIO_rw_filename() set the file

b to use file name for reading, writing, append or read write respectively.

NOTES

When wrapping stdout, stdin or stderr the underlying stream should not normally be closed so the flag should be set.

Because the file

calls the underlying stdio functions any quirks in stdio behaviour will be mirrored by the corresponding

On Windows BIO_new_files reserves for the filename argument to be

encoded. In other words if you have to make it work in multi- lingual environment, encode file names in

EXAMPLES

File ``hello world'':

 BIO *bio_out;
 bio_out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");

Alternative technique:

 BIO *bio_out;
 bio_out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
 if(bio_out == NULL) /* Error ... */
 if(!BIO_set_fp(bio_out, stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE)) /* Error ... */
 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");

Write to a file:

 BIO *out;
 out = BIO_new_file("filename.txt", "w");
 if(!out) /* Error occurred */
 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
 BIO_free(out);

Alternative technique:

 BIO *out;
 out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
 if(out == NULL) /* Error ... */
 if(!BIO_write_filename(out, "filename.txt")) /* Error ... */
 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
 BIO_free(out);

RETURN VALUES

BIO_s_file() returns the file method.

BIO_new_file() and BIO_new_fp() return a file

or if an error occurred.

BIO_set_fp() and BIO_get_fp() return 1 for success or 0 for failure (although the current implementation never return 0).

BIO_seek() returns the same value as the underlying fseek() function: 0 for success or -1 for failure.

BIO_tell() returns the current file position.

BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and BIO_rw_filename() return 1 for success or 0 for failure.

BUGS

BIO_reset() and BIO_seek() are implemented using fseek() on the underlying stream. The return value for fseek() is 0 for success or -1 if an error occurred this differs from other types of which will typically return 1 for success and a non positive value if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO

BIO_seek(3), BIO_tell(3), BIO_reset(3), BIO_flush(3), BIO_read(3), BIO_write(3), BIO_puts(3), BIO_gets(3), BIO_printf(3), BIO_set_close(3), BIO_get_close(3)