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3*2175Sjp161948=head1 NAME
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5*2175Sjp161948BIO_s_fd, BIO_set_fd, BIO_get_fd, BIO_new_fd - file descriptor BIO
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7*2175Sjp161948=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9*2175Sjp161948 #include <openssl/bio.h>
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11*2175Sjp161948 BIO_METHOD *	BIO_s_fd(void);
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13*2175Sjp161948 #define BIO_set_fd(b,fd,c)	BIO_int_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_FD,c,fd)
14*2175Sjp161948 #define BIO_get_fd(b,c)	BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_GET_FD,0,(char *)c)
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16*2175Sjp161948 BIO *BIO_new_fd(int fd, int close_flag);
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18*2175Sjp161948=head1 DESCRIPTION
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20*2175Sjp161948BIO_s_fd() returns the file descriptor BIO method. This is a wrapper
21*2175Sjp161948round the platforms file descriptor routines such as read() and write().
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23*2175Sjp161948BIO_read() and BIO_write() read or write the underlying descriptor.
24*2175Sjp161948BIO_puts() is supported but BIO_gets() is not.
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26*2175Sjp161948If the close flag is set then then close() is called on the underlying
27*2175Sjp161948file descriptor when the BIO is freed.
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29*2175Sjp161948BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file
30*2175Sjp161948using lseek(fd, 0, 0).
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32*2175Sjp161948BIO_seek() sets the file pointer to position B<ofs> from start of file
33*2175Sjp161948using lseek(fd, ofs, 0).
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35*2175Sjp161948BIO_tell() returns the current file position by calling lseek(fd, 0, 1).
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37*2175Sjp161948BIO_set_fd() sets the file descriptor of BIO B<b> to B<fd> and the close
38*2175Sjp161948flag to B<c>.
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40*2175Sjp161948BIO_get_fd() places the file descriptor in B<c> if it is not NULL, it also
41*2175Sjp161948returns the file descriptor. If B<c> is not NULL it should be of type
42*2175Sjp161948(int *).
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44*2175Sjp161948BIO_new_fd() returns a file descriptor BIO using B<fd> and B<close_flag>.
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46*2175Sjp161948=head1 NOTES
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48*2175Sjp161948The behaviour of BIO_read() and BIO_write() depends on the behavior of the
49*2175Sjp161948platforms read() and write() calls on the descriptor. If the underlying
50*2175Sjp161948file descriptor is in a non blocking mode then the BIO will behave in the
51*2175Sjp161948manner described in the L<BIO_read(3)|BIO_read(3)> and L<BIO_should_retry(3)|BIO_should_retry(3)>
52*2175Sjp161948manual pages.
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54*2175Sjp161948File descriptor BIOs should not be used for socket I/O. Use socket BIOs
55*2175Sjp161948instead.
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57*2175Sjp161948=head1 RETURN VALUES
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59*2175Sjp161948BIO_s_fd() returns the file descriptor BIO method.
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61*2175Sjp161948BIO_reset() returns zero for success and -1 if an error occurred.
62*2175Sjp161948BIO_seek() and BIO_tell() return the current file position or -1
63*2175Sjp161948is an error occurred. These values reflect the underlying lseek()
64*2175Sjp161948behaviour.
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66*2175Sjp161948BIO_set_fd() always returns 1.
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68*2175Sjp161948BIO_get_fd() returns the file descriptor or -1 if the BIO has not
69*2175Sjp161948been initialized.
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71*2175Sjp161948BIO_new_fd() returns the newly allocated BIO or NULL is an error
72*2175Sjp161948occurred.
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74*2175Sjp161948=head1 EXAMPLE
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76*2175Sjp161948This is a file descriptor BIO version of "Hello World":
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78*2175Sjp161948 BIO *out;
79*2175Sjp161948 out = BIO_new_fd(fileno(stdout), BIO_NOCLOSE);
80*2175Sjp161948 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
81*2175Sjp161948 BIO_free(out);
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83*2175Sjp161948=head1 SEE ALSO
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85*2175Sjp161948L<BIO_seek(3)|BIO_seek(3)>, L<BIO_tell(3)|BIO_tell(3)>,
86*2175Sjp161948L<BIO_reset(3)|BIO_reset(3)>, L<BIO_read(3)|BIO_read(3)>,
87*2175Sjp161948L<BIO_write(3)|BIO_write(3)>, L<BIO_puts(3)|BIO_puts(3)>,
88*2175Sjp161948L<BIO_gets(3)|BIO_gets(3)>, L<BIO_printf(3)|BIO_printf(3)>,
89*2175Sjp161948L<BIO_set_close(3)|BIO_set_close(3)>, L<BIO_get_close(3)|BIO_get_close(3)>
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