5 BIO_s_file, BIO_new_file, BIO_new_fp, BIO_set_fp, BIO_get_fp,
6 BIO_read_filename, BIO_write_filename, BIO_append_filename,
7 BIO_rw_filename - FILE bio
11 #include <openssl/bio.h>
13 BIO_METHOD * BIO_s_file(void);
14 BIO *BIO_new_file(const char *filename, const char *mode);
15 BIO *BIO_new_fp(FILE *stream, int flags);
17 BIO_set_fp(BIO *b,FILE *fp, int flags);
18 BIO_get_fp(BIO *b,FILE **fpp);
20 int BIO_read_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
21 int BIO_write_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
22 int BIO_append_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
23 int BIO_rw_filename(BIO *b, char *name)
27 BIO_s_file() returns the BIO file method. As its name implies it
28 is a wrapper round the stdio FILE structure and it is a
31 Calls to BIO_read() and BIO_write() read and write data to the
32 underlying stream. BIO_gets() and BIO_puts() are supported on file BIOs.
34 BIO_flush() on a file BIO calls the fflush() function on the wrapped
37 BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file
38 using fseek(stream, 0, 0).
40 BIO_seek() sets the file pointer to position B<ofs> from start of file
41 using fseek(stream, ofs, 0).
43 BIO_eof() calls feof().
45 Setting the BIO_CLOSE flag calls fclose() on the stream when the BIO
48 BIO_new_file() creates a new file BIO with mode B<mode> the meaning
49 of B<mode> is the same as the stdio function fopen(). The BIO_CLOSE
50 flag is set on the returned BIO.
52 BIO_new_fp() creates a file BIO wrapping B<stream>. Flags can be:
53 BIO_CLOSE, BIO_NOCLOSE (the close flag) BIO_FP_TEXT (sets the underlying
54 stream to text mode, default is binary: this only has any effect under
57 BIO_set_fp() set the fp of a file BIO to B<fp>. B<flags> has the same
58 meaning as in BIO_new_fp(), it is a macro.
60 BIO_get_fp() retrieves the fp of a file BIO, it is a macro.
62 BIO_seek() is a macro that sets the position pointer to B<offset> bytes
63 from the start of file.
65 BIO_tell() returns the value of the position pointer.
67 BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and
68 BIO_rw_filename() set the file BIO B<b> to use file B<name> for
69 reading, writing, append or read write respectively.
73 When wrapping stdout, stdin or stderr the underlying stream should not
74 normally be closed so the BIO_NOCLOSE flag should be set.
76 Because the file BIO calls the underlying stdio functions any quirks
77 in stdio behaviour will be mirrored by the corresponding BIO.
79 On Windows BIO_new_files reserves for the filename argument to be
80 UTF-8 encoded. In other words if you have to make it work in multi-
81 lingual environment, encode file names in UTF-8.
85 File BIO "hello world":
88 bio_out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
89 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");
91 Alternative technique:
94 bio_out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
95 if(bio_out == NULL) /* Error ... */
96 if(!BIO_set_fp(bio_out, stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE)) /* Error ... */
97 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");
102 out = BIO_new_file("filename.txt", "w");
103 if(!out) /* Error occurred */
104 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
107 Alternative technique:
110 out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
111 if(out == NULL) /* Error ... */
112 if(!BIO_write_filename(out, "filename.txt")) /* Error ... */
113 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
118 BIO_s_file() returns the file BIO method.
120 BIO_new_file() and BIO_new_fp() return a file BIO or NULL if an error
123 BIO_set_fp() and BIO_get_fp() return 1 for success or 0 for failure
124 (although the current implementation never return 0).
126 BIO_seek() returns the same value as the underlying fseek() function:
127 0 for success or -1 for failure.
129 BIO_tell() returns the current file position.
131 BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and
132 BIO_rw_filename() return 1 for success or 0 for failure.
136 BIO_reset() and BIO_seek() are implemented using fseek() on the underlying
137 stream. The return value for fseek() is 0 for success or -1 if an error
138 occurred this differs from other types of BIO which will typically return
139 1 for success and a non positive value if an error occurred.
143 L<BIO_seek(3)|BIO_seek(3)>, L<BIO_tell(3)|BIO_tell(3)>,
144 L<BIO_reset(3)|BIO_reset(3)>, L<BIO_flush(3)|BIO_flush(3)>,
145 L<BIO_read(3)|BIO_read(3)>,
146 L<BIO_write(3)|BIO_write(3)>, L<BIO_puts(3)|BIO_puts(3)>,
147 L<BIO_gets(3)|BIO_gets(3)>, L<BIO_printf(3)|BIO_printf(3)>,
148 L<BIO_set_close(3)|BIO_set_close(3)>, L<BIO_get_close(3)|BIO_get_close(3)>