| .\" $Id: libssh2_base64_decode.3,v 1.3 2009/02/17 16:22:51 dottedmag Exp $ |
| .\" |
| .TH libssh2_base64_decode 3 "23 Dec 2008" "libssh2 1.0" "libssh2 manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| libssh2_base64_decode - decode a base64 encoded string |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| #include <libssh2.h> |
| |
| int libssh2_base64_decode(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, char **dest, |
| unsigned int *dest_len, const char *src, |
| unsigned int src_len); |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This function is deemed DEPRECATED and will be removed from libssh2 in a |
| future version. Don't use it! |
| |
| Decode a base64 chunk and store it into a newly allocated buffer. 'dest_len' |
| will be set to hold the length of the returned buffer that '*dest' will point |
| to. |
| |
| The returned buffer is allocated by this function, but it is not clear how to |
| free that memory! |
| .SH BUGS |
| The memory that *dest points to is allocated by the malloc function libssh2 |
| uses, but there's no way for an appliction to free this data in a safe and |
| reliable way! |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| 0 if successful, \-1 if any error occurred. |
