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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5X509_NAME_print_ex, X509_NAME_print_ex_fp, X509_NAME_print,
6X509_NAME_oneline - X509_NAME printing routines
7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9
10 #include <openssl/x509.h>
11
12 int X509_NAME_print_ex(BIO *out, const X509_NAME *nm, int indent, unsigned long flags);
13 int X509_NAME_print_ex_fp(FILE *fp, const X509_NAME *nm, int indent, unsigned long flags);
14 char *X509_NAME_oneline(const X509_NAME *a, char *buf, int size);
15 int X509_NAME_print(BIO *bp, const X509_NAME *name, int obase);
16
17=head1 DESCRIPTION
18
19X509_NAME_print_ex() prints a human readable version of B<nm> to BIO B<out>. Each
20line (for multiline formats) is indented by B<indent> spaces. The output format
21can be extensively customised by use of the B<flags> parameter.
22
23X509_NAME_print_ex_fp() is identical to X509_NAME_print_ex() except the output is
24written to FILE pointer B<fp>.
25
26X509_NAME_oneline() prints an ASCII version of B<a> to B<buf>.
27If B<buf> is B<NULL> then a buffer is dynamically allocated and returned, and
28B<size> is ignored.
29Otherwise, at most B<size> bytes will be written, including the ending '\0',
30and B<buf> is returned.
31
32X509_NAME_print() prints out B<name> to B<bp> indenting each line by B<obase>
33characters. Multiple lines are used if the output (including indent) exceeds
3480 characters.
35
36=head1 NOTES
37
38The functions X509_NAME_oneline() and X509_NAME_print()
39produce a non standard output form, they don't handle multi character fields and
40have various quirks and inconsistencies.
41Their use is strongly discouraged in new applications and they could
42be deprecated in a future release.
43
44Although there are a large number of possible flags for most purposes
45B<XN_FLAG_ONELINE>, B<XN_FLAG_MULTILINE> or B<XN_FLAG_RFC2253> will suffice.
46As noted on the L<ASN1_STRING_print_ex(3)> manual page
47for UTF8 terminals the B<ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB> should be unset: so for example
48B<XN_FLAG_ONELINE & ~ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB> would be used.
49
50The complete set of the flags supported by X509_NAME_print_ex() is listed below.
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52Several options can be ored together.
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54The options B<XN_FLAG_SEP_COMMA_PLUS>, B<XN_FLAG_SEP_CPLUS_SPC>,
55B<XN_FLAG_SEP_SPLUS_SPC> and B<XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE> determine the field separators
56to use. Two distinct separators are used between distinct RelativeDistinguishedName
57components and separate values in the same RDN for a multi-valued RDN. Multi-valued
58RDNs are currently very rare so the second separator will hardly ever be used.
59
60B<XN_FLAG_SEP_COMMA_PLUS> uses comma and plus as separators. B<XN_FLAG_SEP_CPLUS_SPC>
61uses comma and plus with spaces: this is more readable that plain comma and plus.
62B<XN_FLAG_SEP_SPLUS_SPC> uses spaced semicolon and plus. B<XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE> uses
63spaced newline and plus respectively.
64
65If B<XN_FLAG_DN_REV> is set the whole DN is printed in reversed order.
66
67The fields B<XN_FLAG_FN_SN>, B<XN_FLAG_FN_LN>, B<XN_FLAG_FN_OID>,
68B<XN_FLAG_FN_NONE> determine how a field name is displayed. It will
69use the short name (e.g. CN) the long name (e.g. commonName) always
70use OID numerical form (normally OIDs are only used if the field name is not
71recognised) and no field name respectively.
72
73If B<XN_FLAG_SPC_EQ> is set then spaces will be placed around the '=' character
74separating field names and values.
75
76If B<XN_FLAG_DUMP_UNKNOWN_FIELDS> is set then the encoding of unknown fields is
77printed instead of the values.
78
79If B<XN_FLAG_FN_ALIGN> is set then field names are padded to 20 characters: this
80is only of use for multiline format.
81
82Additionally all the options supported by ASN1_STRING_print_ex() can be used to
83control how each field value is displayed.
84
85In addition a number options can be set for commonly used formats.
86
87B<XN_FLAG_RFC2253> sets options which produce an output compatible with RFC2253 it
88is equivalent to:
89 B<ASN1_STRFLGS_RFC2253 | XN_FLAG_SEP_COMMA_PLUS | XN_FLAG_DN_REV | XN_FLAG_FN_SN | XN_FLAG_DUMP_UNKNOWN_FIELDS>
90
91
92B<XN_FLAG_ONELINE> is a more readable one line format which is the same as:
93 B<ASN1_STRFLGS_RFC2253 | ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_QUOTE | XN_FLAG_SEP_CPLUS_SPC | XN_FLAG_SPC_EQ | XN_FLAG_FN_SN>
94
95B<XN_FLAG_MULTILINE> is a multiline format which is the same as:
96 B<ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_SPC_EQ | XN_FLAG_FN_LN | XN_FLAG_FN_ALIGN>
97
98B<XN_FLAG_COMPAT> uses a format identical to X509_NAME_print(): in fact it calls X509_NAME_print() internally.
99
100=head1 RETURN VALUES
101
102X509_NAME_oneline() returns a valid string on success or NULL on error.
103
104X509_NAME_print() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
105
106X509_NAME_print_ex() and X509_NAME_print_ex_fp() return 1 on success or 0 on error
107if the B<XN_FLAG_COMPAT> is set, which is the same as X509_NAME_print(). Otherwise,
108it returns -1 on error or other values on success.
109
110=head1 SEE ALSO
111
112L<ASN1_STRING_print_ex(3)>
113
114=head1 COPYRIGHT
115
116Copyright 2002-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
117
118Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
119this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
120in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
121L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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