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3*4724848cSchristos=head1 NAME
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5*4724848cSchristosCMS_compress - create a CMS CompressedData structure
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7*4724848cSchristos=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9*4724848cSchristos #include <openssl/cms.h>
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11*4724848cSchristos CMS_ContentInfo *CMS_compress(BIO *in, int comp_nid, unsigned int flags);
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13*4724848cSchristos=head1 DESCRIPTION
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15*4724848cSchristosCMS_compress() creates and returns a CMS CompressedData structure. B<comp_nid>
16*4724848cSchristosis the compression algorithm to use or B<NID_undef> to use the default
17*4724848cSchristosalgorithm (zlib compression). B<in> is the content to be compressed.
18*4724848cSchristosB<flags> is an optional set of flags.
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20*4724848cSchristos=head1 NOTES
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22*4724848cSchristosThe only currently supported compression algorithm is zlib using the NID
23*4724848cSchristosNID_zlib_compression.
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25*4724848cSchristosIf zlib support is not compiled into OpenSSL then CMS_compress() will return
26*4724848cSchristosan error.
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28*4724848cSchristosIf the B<CMS_TEXT> flag is set MIME headers for type B<text/plain> are
29*4724848cSchristosprepended to the data.
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31*4724848cSchristosNormally the supplied content is translated into MIME canonical format (as
32*4724848cSchristosrequired by the S/MIME specifications) if B<CMS_BINARY> is set no translation
33*4724848cSchristosoccurs. This option should be used if the supplied data is in binary format
34*4724848cSchristosotherwise the translation will corrupt it. If B<CMS_BINARY> is set then
35*4724848cSchristosB<CMS_TEXT> is ignored.
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37*4724848cSchristosIf the B<CMS_STREAM> flag is set a partial B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure is
38*4724848cSchristosreturned suitable for streaming I/O: no data is read from the BIO B<in>.
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40*4724848cSchristosThe compressed data is included in the CMS_ContentInfo structure, unless
41*4724848cSchristosB<CMS_DETACHED> is set in which case it is omitted. This is rarely used in
42*4724848cSchristospractice and is not supported by SMIME_write_CMS().
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44*4724848cSchristos=head1 NOTES
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46*4724848cSchristosIf the flag B<CMS_STREAM> is set the returned B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure is
47*4724848cSchristosB<not> complete and outputting its contents via a function that does not
48*4724848cSchristosproperly finalize the B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure will give unpredictable
49*4724848cSchristosresults.
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51*4724848cSchristosSeveral functions including SMIME_write_CMS(), i2d_CMS_bio_stream(),
52*4724848cSchristosPEM_write_bio_CMS_stream() finalize the structure. Alternatively finalization
53*4724848cSchristoscan be performed by obtaining the streaming ASN1 B<BIO> directly using
54*4724848cSchristosBIO_new_CMS().
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56*4724848cSchristosAdditional compression parameters such as the zlib compression level cannot
57*4724848cSchristoscurrently be set.
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59*4724848cSchristos=head1 RETURN VALUES
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61*4724848cSchristosCMS_compress() returns either a CMS_ContentInfo structure or NULL if an error
62*4724848cSchristosoccurred. The error can be obtained from ERR_get_error(3).
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64*4724848cSchristos=head1 SEE ALSO
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66*4724848cSchristosL<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<CMS_uncompress(3)>
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68*4724848cSchristos=head1 HISTORY
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70*4724848cSchristosThe B<CMS_STREAM> flag was added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
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72*4724848cSchristos=head1 COPYRIGHT
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74*4724848cSchristosCopyright 2008-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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76*4724848cSchristosLicensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
77*4724848cSchristosthis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
78*4724848cSchristosin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
79*4724848cSchristosL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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