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