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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5BIO_s_file, BIO_new_file, BIO_new_fp, BIO_set_fp, BIO_get_fp,
6BIO_read_filename, BIO_write_filename, BIO_append_filename,
7BIO_rw_filename - FILE bio
8
9=head1 SYNOPSIS
10
11 #include <openssl/bio.h>
12
13 const 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);
16
17 BIO_set_fp(BIO *b, FILE *fp, int flags);
18 BIO_get_fp(BIO *b, FILE **fpp);
19
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)
24
25=head1 DESCRIPTION
26
27BIO_s_file() returns the BIO file method. As its name implies it
28is a wrapper round the stdio FILE structure and it is a
29source/sink BIO.
30
31Calls to BIO_read_ex() and BIO_write_ex() read and write data to the
32underlying stream. BIO_gets() and BIO_puts() are supported on file BIOs.
33
34BIO_flush() on a file BIO calls the fflush() function on the wrapped
35stream.
36
37BIO_reset() attempts to change the file pointer to the start of file
38using fseek(stream, 0, 0).
39
40BIO_seek() sets the file pointer to position B<ofs> from start of file
41using fseek(stream, ofs, 0).
42
43BIO_eof() calls feof().
44
45Setting the BIO_CLOSE flag calls fclose() on the stream when the BIO
46is freed.
47
48BIO_new_file() creates a new file BIO with mode B<mode> the meaning
49of B<mode> is the same as the stdio function fopen(). The BIO_CLOSE
50flag is set on the returned BIO.
51
52BIO_new_fp() creates a file BIO wrapping B<stream>. Flags can be:
53BIO_CLOSE, BIO_NOCLOSE (the close flag) BIO_FP_TEXT (sets the underlying
54stream to text mode, default is binary: this only has any effect under
55Win32).
56
57BIO_set_fp() sets the fp of a file BIO to B<fp>. B<flags> has the same
58meaning as in BIO_new_fp(), it is a macro.
59
60BIO_get_fp() retrieves the fp of a file BIO, it is a macro.
61
62BIO_seek() is a macro that sets the position pointer to B<offset> bytes
63from the start of file.
64
65BIO_tell() returns the value of the position pointer.
66
67BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and
68BIO_rw_filename() set the file BIO B<b> to use file B<name> for
69reading, writing, append or read write respectively.
70
71=head1 NOTES
72
73When wrapping stdout, stdin or stderr the underlying stream should not
74normally be closed so the BIO_NOCLOSE flag should be set.
75
76Because the file BIO calls the underlying stdio functions any quirks
77in stdio behaviour will be mirrored by the corresponding BIO.
78
79On Windows BIO_new_files reserves for the filename argument to be
80UTF-8 encoded. In other words if you have to make it work in multi-
81lingual environment, encode file names in UTF-8.
82
83=head1 EXAMPLES
84
85File BIO "hello world":
86
87 BIO *bio_out;
88
89 bio_out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
90 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");
91
92Alternative technique:
93
94 BIO *bio_out;
95
96 bio_out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
97 if (bio_out == NULL)
98     /* Error */
99 if (!BIO_set_fp(bio_out, stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE))
100     /* Error */
101 BIO_printf(bio_out, "Hello World\n");
102
103Write to a file:
104
105 BIO *out;
106
107 out = BIO_new_file("filename.txt", "w");
108 if (!out)
109     /* Error */
110 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
111 BIO_free(out);
112
113Alternative technique:
114
115 BIO *out;
116
117 out = BIO_new(BIO_s_file());
118 if (out == NULL)
119     /* Error */
120 if (!BIO_write_filename(out, "filename.txt"))
121     /* Error */
122 BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
123 BIO_free(out);
124
125=head1 RETURN VALUES
126
127BIO_s_file() returns the file BIO method.
128
129BIO_new_file() and BIO_new_fp() return a file BIO or NULL if an error
130occurred.
131
132BIO_set_fp() and BIO_get_fp() return 1 for success or 0 for failure
133(although the current implementation never return 0).
134
135BIO_seek() returns the same value as the underlying fseek() function:
1360 for success or -1 for failure.
137
138BIO_tell() returns the current file position.
139
140BIO_read_filename(), BIO_write_filename(), BIO_append_filename() and
141BIO_rw_filename() return 1 for success or 0 for failure.
142
143=head1 BUGS
144
145BIO_reset() and BIO_seek() are implemented using fseek() on the underlying
146stream. The return value for fseek() is 0 for success or -1 if an error
147occurred this differs from other types of BIO which will typically return
1481 for success and a non positive value if an error occurred.
149
150=head1 SEE ALSO
151
152L<BIO_seek(3)>, L<BIO_tell(3)>,
153L<BIO_reset(3)>, L<BIO_flush(3)>,
154L<BIO_read_ex(3)>,
155L<BIO_write_ex(3)>, L<BIO_puts(3)>,
156L<BIO_gets(3)>, L<BIO_printf(3)>,
157L<BIO_set_close(3)>, L<BIO_get_close(3)>
158
159=head1 COPYRIGHT
160
161Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
162
163Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
164this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
165in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
166L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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